Ban proposed on exotic animals private ownership
The campaign regarding the ban of the exotic animals is taking some new directions as the owners of these exotic animals are giving it a tough fight. The campaign was started after the death of a ten year old child who was killed by a tiger, his aunt kept in the yard as a pet. The campaign was initiated by Dr. David Jones and Lorraine Smith, a zoo mammal curator. As stated by Jones, the increase in calls about exotic pets escaping from backyard pens or indoor cages also forced them to seek ban as the solution.
The campaign is getting extreme reactions of people. North Carolina is one of 11 states that don't have a ban on exotic animals as pets. However, most of the countries have their own set of rules for their regulation. The proposed ban has caused a great uproar in the network of animal lovers, who don't want their favorite pets to be prohibited. The protests are all over the place, from streets to web. Animal lovers running small, private zoos have also attacked the campaign. To say it in the common language, they are really annoyed by the study group. Some of them even say that the study group is much under the influence of the animal right activists.
But Dr.Jones highly insists on the need of a law to restrict ownership of exotic animals. He adds, "Unfortunately, there's a lot of fear of the unknown here that isn't justified'. "They're paranoid on this', he said.
