Born 2 Be Wild
Wild Animals Are Meant For The Wild Keep Them There
Wild Chimp Rips Owners Face Off
Its Dangerous To Keep Wild Animals, For Everyone And Everything
Is it legal or illegal
Michigan
No person can possess large cats, including their hybrids, any bear species and any wolf-hybrid unless the animal was possessed prior to July 7 2000. A prior entry permit must be obtained from the director for all other wild animal or exotic animal species not listed above or regulated by the fish and wildlife service of the United States Department of Interior or the Department of Natural Resources of this state. Prior to an exotic animal entering the state the Department of Natural Resources may require the possessor to have the animal examined by an accredited veterinarian to determine the health status, proper housing, husbandry and confinement standards are all correct
This is in Michigan it is different everywhere you go.
What the experts say
"They're not pets," said Tim Harrison, of Ohio rescue group Outreach for Animals.
"That's the sad part. People get the wrong idea watching television shows.
“A wild animal will be in the bush, and in less than a week it’s in a little girl’s bedroom,” said Darin Carroll, a disease hunter with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Taking an animal from the wild and putting it in your child’s bedroom is just not a good idea,” said Paul Arguin, a CDC expert on exotic animal imports. “We just don’t know a lot about the diseases these animals carry.”
Attacks from animals to human and human to animals
This is how many casualties there have been in these attacks from only a couple of stats in 2012
From bear attacks there have been 28 human injures and 4 human deaths. Big cat attacks 164 humans injured and 21 human deaths. Elephants 52 human injures and 14 human deaths. Marine animals there have been 9 injures and 2 deaths. For other primates 129 attacks and 0 deaths. Reptiles 103 injures and 19 deaths. Others, ( other animals ) 58 injures and 16 deaths.
In total 543 injures and 75 deaths. ( humans )
Then the total deaths of the animals were 200, and 55 animals were injured. 55 deaths were from big cats and 30 of these deaths were from primates.
Sources
"Attacks and Maulings." The Tiger Next Door. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Feb. 2014. <http://www.thetigernextdoor.com/news/>.