2007-02-20 07:02:29 · 22 answers · asked by ? 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
No, only rabid skunks.
2007-02-20 07:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by Blue 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
generally not. Pets are bred to have less fear of humans and less aggressiveness. Even if there doesn't seem to be much difference externally. e.g. wild caught snakes are supposed to be less docile than ones from captive breeding programs.
Though if you are interested in something like a praying mantis, I doubt you'll notice the difference.
Then there are legal and moral issues with keeping wild animals. Is it an endangered/rare species? Can you look appropriately after it? If it needs exotic food, can you provide it reliably and can you afford the expense?
On the other hand, sometimes wild animals would not be able to survive in the wild, maybe because of a past injury. Or if they were born in captivity and raised by humans they may have become imprinted on humans and not learned how to take care of themselves in the wild. Then of course it's OK to keep them. They still are unlikely to get as tame as a traditional pet and you should really know how to take care of them. Also it will be a responsibility for the entire life span of the animal. You can't just dump it once you get bored with it. Of course that's something you shouldn't do with any pet.
2007-02-20 15:14:56 · answer #2 · answered by convictedidiot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Conservationist say it isn't. They will give permits for them though, under certain circumstances.
I've raised a buck fawn, 3 squirrels, 1 raccoon, and 1 wild rabit.
If you do this, you have to seperate your emotions. The deer followed me around and it sounded like he called me mom. I raised him in my house, training and releasing him in the wild until he got to the age of a year old. I went by the moon sign when does (mother deer) chase off her yearling. This may sound cruel but the Doe does everything she can to make the yearling run off on it's own or it will continue to suck and the new fawn won't get to suck. So I took a cattle prod and chased him off. He had an 8 point basket rack and was afraid even by playing he would gore someone. When I received him he still had the fluids on him. His mother was killed by a coyote when she was giving birth to twins. Coyotes killed mother and the other twin.
Squirrls, coon and rabbit were brought to me from Loggers who had fallen trees and the mother was killed.
All these animals I had to keep in mind they were wild and would have to be released back into the wild. So if you don't have time to take them to wooded areas you will be releasing them and monitoring them with their own kind my advise is not to do this.
I have heard a fox is one of the best wild animals to have.
2007-02-20 15:17:50 · answer #3 · answered by Granny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is not a good idea to have a wild animal as a pet. they are called wild for a reason. THey should stay in the wild to creat more animals for us to see and in joy in there enviroment.
2007-02-20 15:08:58 · answer #4 · answered by mouses_moyer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never. They should be able to roam free and if you try to domesticate a wild animal it will eventually turn on you.
2007-02-20 15:06:11 · answer #5 · answered by DL 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure, why not as long as your pet lion doesnt eat the neighbors.
2007-02-20 15:05:35 · answer #6 · answered by Still Standing 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No matter what Harry Potter tells you, or how cool/dorky you are, don't allow anything that could kill you into your home. Even owls. (THE MAIL DELIBERY IS JUST A MYTH.)
2007-02-20 15:05:38 · answer #7 · answered by ladamadelpollo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No
But that does not mean we can't wish it was.
I love animals too
2007-02-20 15:05:21 · answer #8 · answered by little lady 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes especially if their rabid and in cages or pens they can escape from.
2007-02-20 15:08:54 · answer #9 · answered by ♫That'll be the Day♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave them where they belong...In the wild.
2007-02-20 15:06:02 · answer #10 · answered by It's just me! 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋