Why? If you buy into the idea that keeping pets at all is ok, then what does it matter whether it's a cat or a prairie dog or a horse or a degu?
Russell replied:
I think the difference is whether or not the animal is suited to the environment and vice versa. These african animals are bringing all sorts of unknown variables into the mix.
Many people would regard my dragons as exotic pets, but they are native to my area. They have been interacting with humans (at a more primitive level) for about 40,000 years.
But housecats aren't native to North America. Neither are horses, which were originally introduced by the Spanish. Neither are hamsters. So why should I be able to get a hamster, which is native to Syria, but not a prairie dog, which is native to the midwest United States?
All of the animals I listed above are suited to the environment here in Kansas City, especially when a hamster or cat or prairie dog or degu is kept as an indoor pet. So why is a having a degu as a pet (or preferrably a pair of degus, they tend to be happier that way) different from having a pet cat or two?
Reggie Bautista
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