From the name "wild animals," we should know better where these animals belong, yet people own both wild and exotic pets simply because they feel they can afford to raise them. I think this is wrong; the zoos and reserves might be a bit limited in the provisions of these animals, but wild animals are better handled by professionals.
A lot of times, people harbor this kind of animal just to make a show for themselves and act like the bigger boys, but not really because they have all it takes to handle them better. Wild animals need to be kept in a manner that they can exhibit their natural instincts and survival skills. They need a place where there is enough space for them to thrive better rather than being enclosed in a limited space.
Again, wild animals are dangerous; some of them they are predators, they are harmful to human lives, and they are not designed to live with humans. I have heard stories of where a lion kept at home got violent and ate two members of the family to death,broke their bones and ate to its full; obviously it lacked food and then devoured humans who were available at its reach.
We know these things, and yet we take unnecessary risks instead of supporting the zoo financially to handle these animals in a professional way.
Come to think of it, some kinds of domestic animals also go aggressive and injure people around them. People don't consider the whole financial involvement of rearing these animals before doing so. They just want to keep pets simply because others are keeping pets at home. They don't consider their required nutrition or their psychological needs, which only professionals understand. They also don't visit vet doctors at all. All these shortcomings and more could lead to suffering for these poor animals.
I remember the time my neighbor had a dog that ate expensive food, yet...he wasn't financially stable enough to keep up with his family's basic needs but still kept one kind of dog at home. At one point...he couldn't feed his family well but kept buying that expensive food for his dog. It became a problem between him and his wife...and when the wife won, the dog started starving.It wasn't long...the dog became so aggressive and started biting anyone it saw. I don't know what happened later, but the dog died... I am still thinking that they killed it by themselves or something close to that.
That was a domestic animal being subjected to violence, not to talk of wild ones. Some things are not meant to be compromised no matter how much you want to show off. Just allow these animals to be in their rightful place and be handled by those who know better. Personally, some domestic animals I won't keep at home as pets if I am not okay financially, not to talk of wild animals, which should be handled by the professionals.
This is my response to the #Hive Learners community prompt on the topic titled, WILD AND YOURS