It really depends on the pet. As Jpix above me mentioned, there are bigger, wilder rabbits who would be very unhappy as pets, and small, dwarf rabbits who make good pets. That's a really good example. I never thought that birds are very happy as pets. Even if you ensure they have company, nice food and decent flight space, they are still in the wrong climate and aren't as free as they could be. It's similar for pets like snakes, spiders, big lizards, they belong in a different environment and it's very hard to give them good living conditions. Now, while these can still make good pets as long as you work really hard for them, wilder animals seem to be becoming popular pets, and I think that it's really wrong. I've heard some statistics about how there are more tigers who are kept as pets then there are in the wild.
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