The part of the SPCA's article that just annoys me is:

By prohibiting the sale and keeping of a number of exotics, the new bylaw will send an important message to the public that owning these kinds of animals is not socially acceptable.
And they keep focussing on the 'neglected care' of those in the hobby, quoting a few incidents of irresponsible owners... I would like to see what the actually statistics are, side by side, of abused and negelcted dogs and cats in the province alongside these 'neglected exotics'... In most cases the exotics they are trying to ban are so expensive that it helps to ward off buyers not truly interested in the trade.

I've had my run in with the SPCA here causing the death of 7 kittens due to their neglect and failure to keep accurate reports (we had a nursing stray at our work place which we were feeding and taking care of, they cut a metal chain and removed the mother as a stray leaving the nursing kittens to die even though we'd reported to them and asked that they not remove the mover), and they brushed this off stating that they have so many reports and files and are obligated to remove strays - no mention of sorry we caused the death of 7 kittens... It seems like such a value judgement ridden argument they are making that it's sad they have any chance of winning.