TessaAndSamson
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I am an avid listener of a talk radio station in my area, KFI AM 640. I was listening to the Bill Carroll show this morning and he had one of the subjects, Tim Harrison, of a new documentary set to come out this Friday on his show. The documentary is called, The Elephant In The Living Room. It's about the shocking number of exotic and dangerous animals that are kept as pets in the USA. I don't know if I can watch the movie, this interview scared me, shocked me and made me awfully depressed for these poor animals. Did you know that people can purchase dangerous snakes like Egyptian Cobras via the internet without any license or requirements at all?! I learned about certain pet auctions taking place in our country from here on EBN (that I didn't know about before) but do you know at some of these auctions (PA and Ohio were mentioned in this radio segment) that people can easily and legally buy things like black mambas, alligators, etc?! Did you know that there are more lions (or tigers can't remember) being kept in Texas as pets than there are living in the wild in India? There was also a story mentioned of a man selling a litter of 4 lion cubs out of the back of his van at a k-mart in Texas! I guess this problem has grown considerably since the 1990's when wild life reality shows were introduced. This scares me and saddens me that these poor wild animals are being kept as pets. AND confuses me, who thinks it's a good idea to buy a baby alligator or lion to be kept as a pet?!! Ok sorry, I have gone on long enough but I had to share.
The Elephant in the Living Room (2010) - IMDb
The Elephant In The Living Room - A Michael Webber Film
The Elephant in the Living Room (2010) - IMDb
The Elephant In The Living Room - A Michael Webber Film