The last 5 years have shown a marked increase in dogs and cats bought, adopted, and either returned, abondoned, or given away to shelters. It shows the attitude of the typical keeper, that even such prized pets and family members are not safe from the "throwaway" or "disposible pet" mindset.
These days so many people are into fast satisfaction, and no waiting for anything, they want, then dont want in no time at all.
Its gotten worse with parents caving to kids who are not taught to earn anything, they think that the world revolves around them. Its showing in so many places and ways nowadays.
I always thought that any reptile beyond small simple easy to care for examples should only be legally owned by or cared for by responsible adults, and maybe the laws should reflect it, who knows. If these cheap throw-away species werent so easy and cheap to buy they wouldnt be so popular, and only a few would suffer the fate that 99% of them do now.
I dont care how good your intentions are, or how well you can care for an exotic pet, as a kid you are limited by your families responsibility to them. This will never change period.

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