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Subject: Re: A site with an attitude toward wild animals...
Posted by Thresa on January 02, 1999 at 21:51:19:
In Reply to: A site with a nasty attitude toward gliders... posted by Elwin Bullard on January 02, 1999 at 13:48:56:
An attitude indeed, one that needs to be related to people who just gotta have those cute critters no matter what the cost. We get bitten, pissed on and we wonder why.
Because we don't know what we're getting ourselves into when we buy one and don't take the time to research and understand that they aren't puppies or kittens, they're wild animals just like any other possum or marsupial.
Even our joeys born in captivity are naturally wild, we tame them by giving them consistant human contact from infancy. If the human contact isn't consistant, we have end up with a mean glider.
The authors of this site are stating facts, I think they have the same attitude about birds. I couldn't figure out how to access more info about gliders there but on the main page, azstarnet.com there's links to info about other pets and alot of common sense about keeping them. This is just one more piece of a puzzle, it is part of the big picture.
: Send them a piece of your mind...
: http://www.azstarnet.com/~polson/gliders.htm