Question

Why was the authors career as an animal collector short-lived​

Answer 1

1:Author as an animal collector discovered that most dealers cram twenty creatures into a cage designed for ine . Most of the creatures would die of suffocation . Whatever survived , the dealers increased their price. Author could not indulge in this sort of slave traffic , so his cage were spacious and animals well-cared for . Therefore author lost all his money.

Answer 2

When author decided to be an animal collector , it was a short lived career ; because he find that most of the dealers did was to fill twenty creature into a cage designed for one and increase the price of survivors. Author thought that if they survived , well and good. He will not interfere in this things . But the author keep the animal with care and separate in a large cage. So he lost all his money and have invaluable experience.