Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
It sure does seem that way -though I agree that livestock doesn't belong "in town" where odors & sanitation are issues for homes that are fairly close together. And remember that zoonotic diseases must be considered too, especially with the overuse of antibiotics & the resulting diminished effectiveness.

But also targeting everything except dogs & cats as "exotics" is a big concern too, & we keep seeing more of those. That seems more like people wanting to hate on reptiles & such.
Within city ordinance sure, that's one thing. But as always with these things it's giving an inch and taking a mile. And of course the extremely vague terms of "exotic" when something like, say, rabbits and mice have been domesticated for millennia. Only reason they don't go after dogs and cats (despite the latter causing far more ecological harm than almost anything else combined) is because that's the one thing the masses will rake them across the coals for.