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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread
I would never buy a w/c animal and put him in a small cage, feed him little food and reach him to jump through a flaming ring money. I do not believe in animals making money for us. Most of the tigers are being kept in terible conditions at which they can not escape. In the wild a tiger could escape bad living conditions but cornered in a small cage, not a chance. Snakes have been bred in captivity for years and years. I would say about 70% of snakes in the trade now are c/b or at least c/h and about 70% are treated great by knowledgable owners that respect their animals life. I would say at least 50-70% of the large cates that private owners or zoos keep are kept in a cage that is 10' by 10' or maybe slightly larger and have no chance to hunt for their food. Plain and simple, tigers belong in the wild to run free. They have few preditors and need all the exersice they would naturally get
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75% of all statistics are totally fabricated.
Where are you pulling these figures from? 70% ae treated great by knowlegable owners? LOL...The internet community is a drop in a very large bucket from the whole real world of pet owners. MOST reptile owners don't research and properly keep their animals. MOST reptile owners don't buy from breeders. They buy from petstores and get all kinds of funny advice. I just got a PM from a greensnake owner who was told by a petstore employee that his greensnake eats fruit and lettuce. How many people do you know other than online that owns a giant burmese python? I see evidence of hundreds of babies being sold per year right around here...but where are the big ones? Dead? Likely. By now, if 70% of snake owners were responsible keepers, every household in Atlanta would have at least half a dozen giant burms.
