I'm looking to buy a penguin, hopefully a warm weather penguin, but i can't find any info online about it
2006-12-30 17:12:02 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
I know a lady who owns a arctic wolf because it was mistreated a puppy at the zoo. (The keepers petted it too much and it became docile.)
So don't write off your dream so quickly. If you happen to work with animals or just get really lucky it could happen. It is highly unlikely that you will get a penguin unless you work with animals or the humane society, or are a friend of someone who works at a zoo.
Who knows? Maybe somwhere there is a baby penguin who has spraddle legs or is deemed unfit for his habitat and the next best thing is for him to find a suitable home elsewhere. Don't forget thats you'd probably have to make your backyard into a penguin habitat, which wouldn't be cool for cookouts and the neighbors would probably think your were off your rocker.
2007-01-01 13:00:46 · answer #1 · answered by Willow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol 1. No its illeigal unless you own a zoo and have the million dollars to build the correct habitat for a pengiun its people like you why so many animals have to be orphaned and not living in the wild Grow up
2006-12-30 17:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do think its illegal and to own a penguin anywhere in the US. I mean I guess if you live in Alaska and one wanders into your yard, it would probably be ok to name it, but other than that, pretty sure its illegal. I agree that it would be cool (no pun intended) to have a penguin, but he/she would be pretty miserable. I live in New Mexico and in the southern part of the state we have a zoo with Penguins that live in one of those plastic dog igloos and its really sad. Take a trip to a Canadian Wild Life Preserve and visit a penguin or sponsor one at a local zoo!
2006-12-30 17:17:20 · answer #3 · answered by Heather 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Heck that's an easy question, Just buy a killer whale, and you can get all the penguins you can afford for the food...
2006-12-30 17:24:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is it tht whenever a movie comes out, someone wants to buy the animal depicted in that movie as a pet? this is reality, not a cartoon show. buy a battery operated penguin at walmart for heavens sakes.
2006-12-31 00:39:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it aint alowed because warm weather penguins are very rare and thus too rare to be sold on internet,
2006-12-30 17:16:02 · answer #6 · answered by ClixThief 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A penquin is a wild animal and as such local government probably prohibits keeping them. They would probably have some fees or licenses that you must purchase, if they'd permit you keeping them at all.
2006-12-30 17:21:48 · answer #7 · answered by Rick R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't make good pets and keeping one tanked up would as cruel as a bird in a dark box, they need to swim more than they need to walk and you cant get fresh seafood as they do.
I always wanted a pet Rhino !
2006-12-30 17:19:10 · answer #8 · answered by scratch_n_sniff 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are normally sold in the same section as Kiwi Birds, Dinosaurs, and Dodos. Wait... speaking of Dodos...
2006-12-30 17:20:15 · answer #9 · answered by el slinko 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And why would you want to take a pack bird and selfishly own one? Get a domestic animal and stop it. No, I have no idea. Go visit them where they live and are happy just as they are.
2006-12-30 17:14:49 · answer #10 · answered by donewiththismess 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋