This is interesting.

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People that do that (take those animals as pets), should be caught and used as food for the big cats in the local zoo.

I am one of those who'd like to have a large cat (preferably a siberian tiger, or a black panther) as a "pet". However, I have worked with these animals, and understand that it's not, under any circumstance, be a house pet. Given the laws and situations required to keep such a "pet", if you have and don't know what you are getting into, you deserve to become lunch.

I doubt (more due to circumstances than anything else) that I will ever have a tiger or panther for a "pet". But I'd sure like one, all the same.
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Yeah I also would like it to have such an animal. But being too much of an animal lover I would never actually take one in my house.
A lot of people confuse liking animals, with being good for animals. You see this on a smaller (size of the animal) scale a lot. People in my appartment building that have dogs , they for sure like their dog, but for the animal itsself it is rather boring and uncomfortable.

Taking endangered species, is even on a whole different level. I think laws against this are much to soft. Laws against animal cruelty in general are ridiculously soft. (in holland at least)