#Repost from @josi10.73 with @regram.app ... Regrann from @roswitaritjens - #Repost @anetek300 • • • • • #Repost @_scorpione_62 with @get_repost ・・・ Regrann from @jay_nicole_83 - According to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the exotic pet trade is a multi-billion dollar industry, second only to drugs and weapons on the black market. It's a $15 billion dollar business in the United States alone, with breeders and dealers selling animals over the Internet or in trade magazines. Millions of animals are forced into the exotic pet trade every year for the purpose of becoming someone's pet or entertaining the masses in a circus or roadside zoo. While some wild pets have been bred in captivity, many exotic animals are plucked directly from their native habitats. The stress of being violently removed from their homes causes some animals to die before they ever reach a private residence. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) reports that infant animals are the most desirable and earn dealers the largest profits. Poachers will often kill the protective mother first so that it's easier to capture the young. Although baby animals might be cute and easy to maintain, they usually grow into dangerous adults with unmanageable needs. The ASPCA explains that many exotic animals will travel several miles a day in the wild, so life in a domestic environment isn't going to satisfy their natural desires. Additionally, as exotic animals grow, their needs for food and space increase -- sometimes astronomically. When it gets to that stage, the once-loved pets often end up in cages where they are neglected or abused. The HSUS reports that it's not unusual for exotic pets to be malnourished and stressed; they also tend to develop behavioral issues that can lead to bites and attacks. No one deserves to be taken from all they know and shipped to an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar faces. When an animal is tossed in exotic pet trafficking they lose their families, home and their FREEDOM. LET WILD ANIMALS BE WILD. - #regrann - #regrann (at Mountain Home, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn68J14DnL_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13nyu4ozlkyn8