Speech On Exotic Animals

Millions of people around the world have pets in their households. Cats and dogs are the most common, with hundreds of different breeds to choose between. But what if an exotic animal, such as a tiger or iguana became the new norm for household pets? Exotic animals should not be household pets because they are dangerous, undomesticated, and are too high maintenance and costly to truly take care of them.

Firstly, exotic animals are expensive. Let’s use the Tiger for example. A tiger is a beautiful breed of wild cat that resides in countries such as India, Bangladesh, and Cambodia. Tigers are a truly majestic, not to mention endangered, species. You may think, who wouldn’t want to own one of these animals? Well, you may reconsider your answer when you find out that the animal starts at around $25,000. And that’s just for the animal itself, not including its many necessities, like food (they consume around 25 to 35 pounds of meat a day), water, and the enclosure that they will be living in. Their enclosure needs to be large enough for them to reside comfortably, as they can’t be cramped. If the tiger, or any animal for that matter, were to be cramped inside their little enclosure, it’s almost suffering for the animal, because they’re so used to living in the wild, where they can roam wherever they please. Thus, being placed into a cage, it’s like a prison cell to them. Because of this, it has been recorded that up to 98% of wild animals, especially large breeds of cats, die