pet connection

I never recommend exotic pets — wild animals forced to live a domesticated life. They can never be provided the care they need, and the zoos don’t want them when misguided owners give up on them in frustration. Here’s a piece on those who get these animals anyway:

Exotic animal lovers can be broken down into two basic camps. There
are those in search of a cuddly companion animal to give and receive
affection, but who also have a hankering for something out of the
ordinary.

Then there are those seeking simply the novelty factor. At a
recent reptile show at Flamingo Gardens in Davie, exhibitors were heard
using the phrase, "Be the first on your block . . . "

Those in the first camp will gravitate toward canines,
felines, primates, and mammals like squirrels and hedgehogs. Those
truly needing the novelty fix will tend toward any flavor of the month,
and big pet trends come and go like ringtones. What’s big one year is
often a trivia question the next. Remember the potbellied pig?

People, think of the animal. A Russian linx does not belong in a suburban home.

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