Folks are dumb. All we can do it educate and try to break through the ignorance. I warn people about such things on a daily basis as a pet care specialist at PetSmart. In the last couple weeks I've had to tell SOOOOOOO many people to put the red eared slider turtle they found in the creek BACK IN THE CREEK! They just look at me stupid. Then I ask them if they're willing to take care of this animal for the next thirty years. I tell them that they're going to need up to a 75 gallon tank when that animal grows up. They say they're gonna let it go before it gets that big. That's when I remind them that they will be setting a domesticated animal back into the wild and basically condemning it to death. I make it my job to teach people about caring for an animal at it's adult size.