Not All Exotic Pet Owners Are Wealthy

With the way these animals are treated and transported there's not much money going into handling them, which increases the poacher's profit. Most of the poachers, as mentioned before, are extremely poor people from second and third world countries. These people are looking for a quick buck, so if the animal is bought straight from the source, they aren't that expensive. When pet shop owners purchase these animals from the poachers they hike up the price to make them appealing to those who want to stand out with a pet that no one else has. Anybody could get their hands on these animals. And pets that aren't all that exotic, but just unorthodox like raccoons and squirrels are easily attainable and easily hid from the government. Once these animals act out people will go to drastic measures to "tame" them.