America and pet laws..

[imp]

I dont have any pets.

I would consider a dog at some point when my children are possibly a bit older but i doubt it would really happen unless it was a smallish type dog with a good temperament.

I know that cats and dogs are the general pet here in the uk but i have just seen another video on worldstar with a young tiger just casually playing around in some young guys apartment.

I have seen other videos with owners having all types of lions and grizzly bears and etc.

I remember a story awhile back with the man who committed suicide and let all his animals free from his land..lions, tigers, bears leopards etc!!

Im just interested in what the wildest pets you do have and why the laws are so lax in the usa and is it only in certain parts?!

How is this legal when you look at the potential of damage these animals can do in this unnatural enviroment?

[FinitoElDinamita]

This thread just took me back to 2006. There is this lake near my pad and it used to be the spot where I smoked out with my friends. Everyday you go you'd see the same people walking their dogs, playing with their kids, jogging, etc.. The lake isn't that big and the depth is like 10ft at most..

Well one night we went and the lake was blocked off with a sign that read " Do no enter.. Alligator in the lake "........... Im like wtf, what alligator! It was surreal to me because this lake was in the middle of a city and common animals you'd see were ducks and fishes.. They shut the place down and everyday different animal patrol would go in to catch the thing but no luck. SO they started setting up traps everywhere but even after few months, they couldnt catch it.. People in the community started getting nervous and before you knew it, all these major news stations were setting up camp to report updates .. Back then I was still reading the newspaper in the morning and updates would be on the frontpage.. Soon, people started capturing pictures of the alligator with his head barely above water and this whole thing was becoming like some kind of great mystery in the lake like Nessie.. After awhile, they said the alligator was getting bigger and smarter, about 8ft big.. 7 months later, it was still loose and they finally brought in the famous Steve Irwin the crocodile hunter but from what I remember, even he couldnt catch it..

I forget the details of what happened next but after almost year, they caught it.. That thing was fairly big and shit was mean looking.. It wasn't one of those crazy crocs you see in the documentary but I sure wouldnt have wanted to swim next to one that's for dam sure.

After investigation, police found out that somebody in the neighborhood had kept a baby alligator as a pet but when it got too big and hard to maintain, he released it into the lake.. Im not sure what happened to that motherfucker but he got hit with a huge fine and jail time..

I dont know about those people with exotic animals man.. That shit aint right.. fuckin americans with their love for weird animals ... I dont mind little dogs and cats but I aint trying to be fuckin Tarzan and shit.

[Beanz]

Remember Animals are people too

[X]

After investigation, police found out that somebody in the neighborhood had kept a baby alligator as a pet but when it got too big and hard to maintain, he released it into the lake.

Are you sure it was an alligator and not a crocodile?

They're quite easy to tell apart ....... One sees you later, the other sees you in a while.

[Plopeater]

I was once married to someone who resembled a hippo, does that count as my exotic pet

[X]

Inbreeding is always a problem with some exotic dogs.

For example, most of the dogs in Korea are inbred.

Like in sandwiches, though.

[X]

I was once married to someone who resembled a hippo, does that count as my exotic pet

What's the difference between a hippo and a zippo?

One is really heavy, and one is a little lighter





You'll all be using it

[walrus]

Whatever happened to plopeater? He was another world traveler like Brock with ~fake~vacations

[VictorCharlie]

I dont have any pets.

I would consider a dog at some point when my children are possibly a bit older but i doubt it would really happen unless it was a smallish type dog with a good temperament.

I know that cats and dogs are the general pet here in the uk but i have just seen another video on worldstar with a young tiger just casually playing around in some young guys apartment.

I have seen other videos with owners having all types of lions and grizzly bears and etc.

I remember a story awhile back with the man who committed suicide and let all his animals free from his land..lions, tigers, bears leopards etc!!

Im just interested in what the wildest pets you do have and why the laws are so lax in the usa and is it only in certain parts?!

How is this legal when you look at the potential of damage these animals can do in this unnatural enviroment?

I had an iguana as a kid and knew some people that had a pot belly pig. I've known some people that had wolf hybrid dogs, pet deer, squirrel and raccoons but that is about as exotic as I've seen. I think the ownership of animals such as tigers is pretty rare. I'm sure there are some national laws about importing such animals but outside of that it is generally going to be up state and municipalities to decide these kind of things. I'd venture to say they are "lax" b/c for starters it is really not much of an issue and because there is still a sliver of individualism in the US where we don't tell other people how to live their lives.

[El Kabong]

"How are the laws so 'lax' in the United States?"


.....indeed, I guess we should just chain ourselves up and assume everything is illegal unless specifically stated that it is legal the way everyone else thinks.

Also lots of people especially EVERYONE ON WORLDSTAR don't typically follow rules, guidelines, regulations, laws, etc....whatever kind of authority Government has they just don't care about it and plead ignorance if they get caught.

[Master]

Tyson owned a Tiger and Michael Jackson a chimp.

[El Kabong]

Tyson owned a Tiger and Michael Jackson a chimp.

Some people have exotic pets. Some are legal some are illegal.

[imp]

"How are the laws so 'lax' in the United States?"


.....indeed, I guess we should just chain ourselves up and assume everything is illegal unless specifically stated that it is legal the way everyone else thinks.

Also lots of people especially EVERYONE ON WORLDSTAR don't typically follow rules, guidelines, regulations, laws, etc....whatever kind of authority Government has they just don't care about it and plead ignorance if they get caught.

You dont see the laws being a teeny weeny bit lax when you can own a lion or hyena?

[Dia bando]

Remember we have domesticated animals, big cats, bears etc are wild animals and are not
pets, to large to strong and very unpredictable plus they can kill and eat you.
Why put yourself in danger, only a fool would own one as a pet.

[Fenster]

Anyone that tries to make a pet out of a "wild" animal deserves to be eaten alive by it. There's no excuse.

For the record - it's only about 30 years ago that Harrods - that's the big famous store in London - stopped selling lions and tigers and whatnot.