"Everything Tim Harrison talks about is 90% -> He said 90% of the people who keep these predators end up putting them down, 90% of these exotics have never seen the vet, and so on."



This part jumped out at me, too. It's a classic misdirection/misrepresentation. Of course 90% (or whatever the actual number is) of them are "put down!" Just like probably 90% or more domestic pets are euthanized when they become too ill or too old...a part of the equation he fails to clarify.

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• The Elephant in the Living Room - webwheeler, Mon Oct 25 10:33:36 2010
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• RE: Wow! What a coincidence - webwheeler, Mon Oct 25 14:33:37 2010
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• RE: We ARE NOT ACTING PRO-ACTIVELY... - webwheeler, Mon Oct 25 14:33:01 2010
• That would be good... - ravenspirit, Mon Oct 25 14:45:14 2010
• RE: That would be good... - webwheeler, Mon Oct 25 15:11:47 2010
• And its a GREAT idea! - ravenspirit, Mon Oct 25 16:16:20 2010
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• Ravenspirit you are exactly right!!! - Danny Conner, Tue Oct 26 10:11:35 2010
• Very good ideas D.C., More -> - Ravenspirit, Tue Oct 26 14:55:17 2010
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• RE: We are "not a legitimate industry"... - EricWI, Tue Oct 26 20:00:25 2010
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• OHPress: Exotic animals: pets/predators - W von Papineäu, Wed Nov 17 09:46:19 2010