A reader’s response to a Florida newspaper article on an escaped monitor lizard calls for state legislation to ban the import and sale of exotic “pets.” She says, “Raising animals in captivity does not make them tame. These are not domesticated animals; they are wild animals who belong in their natural habitat. Wild animals in captivity represent a public-safety risk, a health risk and a welfare concern for the animals.” Her sentiments are wholly consistent with API’s Exotic “Pets” campaign.
No room for exotics
Heather Carpenter
Orlando Sentinel