I'm on the fence on this topic. Half of me says it's a cruel thing to do to the animal, and how the heck does it kill it's prey with no venom that it still thinks it has. The other half says its a way for people that love hots but don't want to take the risk of handling them a chance to get hands on with very cool animals. I guess it all depends on your opinion of the amount of rights an animal should have.