Greetings!
I could remember when we were in the primary and secondary schools when we were being taught about domestic and wild animals.
Then, we were told that the domestic animals are kind of friendly animals that one can live with and are mostly reared at home, however when our teacher, Mrs. Olufunso wanted to explain to us, the wild animals, she first took her breath and started explaining to us, the wild animals.
She started and explained to us that the wild animals are extremely dangerous animals that are destined to be in the forest. She said also that at some point, these animals have been captured and put in the zoo for people to see and how they look in real life.
She equally told us that these animals are aggressive and can kill their prey if hungry. After she told us these things about the wild animals, I stood up to ask her what are the animals? And it's then she began to mention their names which includes the Lions, tiger, snake elephant and a whole lot more.
Also I asked him about their prey and that was when she mentioned other lesson animals, but she did not stop there as she also mentioned humans as prey to these wild animals. I was afraid when she made mention of humans.
Now, having said much about my knowledge of wild animals, I would like to delve into the topic which is about, “Wild and Yours,” properly.
According to the description of the prompt, one thing I would not do nor advise people to do is to make the wild animals their pet or friend as this is because of the danger attached to it.
These animals are dangerous animals that can be so dangerous to their owner and even the general public and bringing them from their natural habitat which is the forest or from the zoo can spell doom to the owner and even the entire public.
We have heard a series of stories about how a common dog kills people that are innocent in the neighborhood, not to talk of these wild cats or animals that are more dangerous and are destined to kill for them to make their food.
Even the so-called professional at one of the university zoos in a particular country got killed just because of a mere mistake. So, it's not advisable nor good to keep these animals at home or in the public space.
Another thing is that, there's no kind of care given to them or love shown to them, their name and nature can never change from being a wild and dangerous animal to a loving animal and what they will always wait for is the time to strike and kill the prey around them.
As if that is not enough, they would also be a threat to society. Aside from these, caging them at home would even be like imprisoning them after taking them.out of their place of convenience.
In conclusion and in my own opinion, it would be dangerous for us to keep the wild animals to ourselves as pets just because of their dangerous nature. These animals are meant and created by God to be in their natural habitat and not among the people or in the public space. There's no way with all our riches or wealth that we can permanently tamed them nor care for them. Let's leave them in their natural habitat or allow the professionals to handle them and have a peaceful mind and society.
This is my entry to week 200, Episode 03 of the weekly Featured contest in the Hive Learners community.
Thanks for reading.
Picture sourced from Ai.
