Wild pets: is owning an exotic pet a wild idea or a beastly problem?

3. Illegal to possess, sell, or buy an endangered species regardless of whether it’s over the Internet or not
6. Relatively rare or unusual to keep
7. Carried by rodents
9. Treats animals as mere moneymaking commodities to mass produce and peddle for profit
11. A virus that causes severe bleeding, and organ failure, and can lead to death
13. Accepting or yielding to a superior force
16. The irresponsible breeding of animals in inadequate conditions
18. Breed or cause to breed with another of a different race or species
21. Kill by depriving them of air
23. can cause salmonella
24. allows the U.S. government to prosecute persons in possession of an animal illegally obtained in a foreign country or another state
26. A zoonotic bacterial infectious disease caused by the obligate intracellular organism
27. disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals

1. Prohibits the importation of non-human primates and their offspring into the United States
2. A bacterium that occurs mainly in the intestine
4. Any of various animals that have not been domesticated by humans and are in a condition mainly independent of humans
5. Family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats
8. A virus that is harmless to monkeys but often fatal in humans
10. Ownership of an area
12. A taxonomic category that ranks below species
14. Can cause respiratory infection psittacosis
15. A diverse order of mammals
17. The environment in which a species could exist as a natural population
19. Relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.
20. Caused when individuals eat after failing to wash their hands properly after handling a reptile or objects the reptile contaminated
22. Force/aggression and submission, to determine who has priority
25. Responsible for conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people