Forget owning a cat or dog, how about a wild racoon or even a lion? Here are 12 Most Dangerous Pets People Actually Own
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# 6 Raccoons
Raccoons have a charm and cuteness about them that might make you think they look like cute pets but they are still highly dangerous. They are high maintenance and even raccoons kept in captivity for generations still exhibit all of their instincts that they do in the wild. They are highly destructive scavenging creatures that will get into all of your stuff and are known for biting everything and everyone. They will bite people they’re familiar with, strangers, house pets, and basically whatever they want. This combined with the fact that they carry parasites and infectious diseases including rabies is enough for you to resist letting the cute raccoon in your trash can into your house.
# 5 A Black Bear
Black Bears are slightly less common as exotic pets than tigers and lions, but they are still kept in multiple places around the globe as pets. The Walz family in Allentown, Pennsylvania had raised a black bear from a cub into a 350-pound full grown predator. They named it Teddy Walz, but growing up with the family didn’t stop Teddy from mauling 37-year-old mother, Kelly Ann Walz. It happened while Kelly Ann Walz was cleaning its cage, resulting in her family and neighbor calling for help and shooting Teddy down. However, the help didn’t come in time and both Teddy and Kelly Ann died in the incident.
# 4 Crocodile Monitor
Reptiles are popular pets for exotic pet enthusiasts, but some of them are really not made to be kept in captivity. Especially the Crocodile Monitor, which is small when it is juvenile but can quickly grow up to 12 feet in length, a size many people cannot accommodate in their homes. Not only are they too big to keep in most cages they are also wildly temperamental with a powerful bite. Their serrated teeth can result in finger amputations and deep tissue wounds. You are also highly susceptible to infection after a bite from a Crocodile Monitor, which can result in your death if you don’t take care of it.
# 3 Tigers
Cats are the internet’s favorite pets so it makes sense that tigers would be pretty popular too. The Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries estimates that there are at least 5,000 captive tigers in the United States and many of those tigers are not living in zoos but in people’s homes. You would hope that domesticating or raising a tiger from when they are kittens would make them docile but owners of tigers with years-long relationships can still be faced with violence.
# 2 Lions
The lion is known for being apex predator of its native environment, but the US Department of Agriculture still estimates that for every lion kept in a zoo has at least ten lions are being kept illegally in private homes. Even owners who do their best to not neglect their pet lions are ill-equipped to keep a lion in their homes. These obviously aren’t your average housecat and require a lot more maintenance. In 2005, a man named Al Abell in Illinois found out his cat needed more than he could provide when his pet African Lion attacked and killed him.
# 1 Constrictors
Some snakes are completely safe pets to keep with no harm that could come to you, but others are more of a gamble. Large constrictor snakes like the pythons, anacondas, and boa constrictors are powerful creatures who are capable of doing some serious damage to humans and are equipped to kill. Large snakes like these are kept pretty commonly across the United States despite the fact that they are being kept illegally in many of those places. According to the Humane Society, 12 people have died from constrictor snake related deaths since 1990, and countless more have been injured by them. Snakes are hard to read and can be unpredictable when they attack. There are even some cases where children living near large constrictor snakes have been strangled to death by these predators.
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