have you ever cared for an animal or a bird? discribe your experience essay 500 words
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I didn’t own, but I worked with/for a few different people that kept exotic animals. They were never “pets” but kept animals. That exposure left me with both a respect for the animals and their caretakers AND how difficult it is to be considered the “owner” of such.
As a kid I socialized baby spider monkeys. It was a job, to get them used to being around humans and being taken care of by humans. It was for a breeder who worked with zoos for the animals. Yes, the baby monkeys were cute in their diapers and drinking out of baby bottles. But they were in no way, shape or form “pets.” The amount of care, upkeep, money, and awareness required to have such animals is more than many people realize. The licensing, inspections, regular wellness visits, having to schedule vet care with the zoo vet, etc. were mind-boggling, not to mention the costs of feeding and keeping up the grounds they were housed in. Social life wasn’t an option for the owner of the place. And it was not a business one could call profitable, since he ran it legally, within the laws and regulations, he and his staff had second jobs to make ends meet. He didn’t sell the monkeys to private individuals that got an idea a monkey would be a pet. Heck he helped rescue some monkeys from such individuals.
I had a neighbor at one point as a kid that rescued/rehabbed wolves and pumas that people thought would make “cool pets”, but were often neglected at best, abused at worse. Most of these animals were beautiful to look at, but so traumatized by the humans that had kept them as pets, they were skittish to dangerous around most people. This also meant extra security measures, re-enforced habitats, and more work for vet visits, etc. Not to mention the food costs. Again, while they are beautiful animals, they are not pets, and they take a lot of work. This person also had all the permits, licensing and ZONING required to keep his animals, and passed every inspection of his facility to keep them as well. He had to get special zoning rights just to have the animals on his LARGE piece of property. He had 2 jobs to help support his rescuing efforts, one working with other rescues for placements(zoos and other rescues/rehabs), etc. and one a regular 40 hr a wk day job.
My father also had a friend that worked with big cats at a local zoo, so I got to go behind the scenes a few times as a kid to bottle feed the babies. The behind the scenes facilities of a zoo are impressive, and also very obviously NOT cheap to maintain.
After seeing the amount of physical labor, legal issues, paperwork, etc. it took to have a proper, LEGAL environment to keep healthy, content, exotic animals I never thought I should be the owner of such a “pet.” I’m good with animals, most of the exotics I had contact with liked me, I understand what it takes, and I still would hesitate to take on any exotic as an individual.
That isn’t to mention how much land space, enclosure space, and maintaining of buildings is required for such. Those videos on the internet of cutesy exotics doing cute things are alright, but they never show the amount of hard work and legal hoops are involved to own such properly and in a healthy environment. And a big part of what people who think they want an exotic as a pet seem to refuse to accept, is that a human abode is not a healthy, happy environment for these animals, they need a LOT of space to move in, that is safe for them to move in, and require extra feeding and vet care that you cannot get at the local pet store.
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Explanation:
• Pets are like family members and should be well taken care of.
One should not possibly think of getting a pet unless he/she is truly passionate about animals.
Pets are beautiful creatures that give us company and love us.
• My pet animal is a cat, and I love to play with it. She is very intelligent and loves to sit in her favorite chair.
• I take my pet to the vet regularly so that can get her to take crucial vaccines.