European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes thursday february 6, 1969 snakes alive this youngster does t appear worried about the 18-foot Python crawling up the Wall behind him. The Python eats animals the size of a Young pig without difficulty but usually does t bother humans. Bosom buddies the Little Alligator is relatively harmless now but in four years it could bite its master s hand off. Seme pets Are bad news baby that Tiger might put you in his tank by Phil Dodson staff writer care for a cobra maybe a Mongoose to go with it or is a Chimpanzee More your style these an Many More animals Are yours for the asking from mail order dealers through out the United states and Europe no questions  a buyer has the Cash and in Many s cases not much is required installing private menagerie poses few prob lems. Although most Amateur collectors Don t go to that extreme thousands of . Families boast pets from alligators to ocelot with Many Little aware of the possible dangers they expose themselves to. Hundreds of injuries Are inflicted yearly on unsuspecting animal owners when their usually docile pets react As they would in the wild mauling or killing their masters. The ease in obtaining unusual an exotic animals As House pets is astound ing. Usually no credentials Are required of the buyer and dealers Are listed in columns found throughout outdoor an wildlife  typical stateside Magazine lists no less than 20 domesticated an wild animals which May be purchased at prices  25 cents to $50apiece. Over a of those for Sale have been known to Tuin on their owners wit Little or no provocation. The worst offenders Are predator animals such As Large Jungle cats with members of the Monkey family coming in a close second and reptiles and trained Hunting Birds taking third Usu ally docile creatures such As rabbits and opossums have however Bee known to inflict painful and sometimes dangerous  to a leading naturalist problems in safely keeping a potentially dangerous animal Are compounded be cause few owners have suitable places to keep their animals and Only one in 10,000 has the knowledge necessary to keep them healthy and reasonably con tent in Captivity. 1 excluding domesticated animals Thel Pic collector most Likely will gel in Over his head should he try to keep pets other than a very limited number of Small easily caged and fed animals. A random sampling of the latter might include tropical fish Small land turtles White rats Small lizards Hamp stars rabbits and a limited number of non poisonous snakes. Others could be added to the list but this would depend on the capabilities find facilities of the person involved. In Many cases people get into trouble la i the pet they bought when it was vey jul grows to a Sis making i dangerous and nearly impossible to keep if a typical example in this Jtj Inch South american alligators sold of tourists visit ing to they grow Tiger by the Tail attack for reasons which felines will out up with 9 a but Hwy will Ato explanation n a i vhf i to Aew of four feet in several years and Are capable of severely mauling alarm or leg with their extremely Power Ful jaws. It same Rule i aptly applied to Marv a Cousin in nature the Tonkey Ifyu biased when Young Many Mon Eye i specifically chimpanzees an orangutans grow quite Large and the it length to pull a Jan a areas Well a inflict serious bites the human like Chimp who Delight lookers with Hla antics becomes Una Dic Tabie in Matt Getty even if theft oan4ida,Tes for a i turn on a sir owners problems hijnm30vf a wttvtty4T in pop Law off Mlp a a woman in Atlanta 69., found this out the hard Way. Her pet a 10-foot Boa Constrictor was doing remarkably Well in Captivity until one cold Winter Day looking for a warm place to drape its coils it crawled onto a Radiator. The slow witted reptile s nervous system did t warn it of a gradual change of temperature and by the time its owner found it the Snake s undersides were Tell cooked. Another Story pointing out the Folly of keeping a poisonous reptile As a House pet goes like this. A Florid resident had a Diamond a  which lived in a Box he was t Marr Efem Fly after the Snake s owner to Nam Snow up Formwork for several Days ome co workers went to Fini out what a wrong. They found him still in bled with two innocuous Little punctures in his foot. The retuer had bitten him As he slept Chenev stand Jungle cats have Long found favor wit exotic animal collectors and one source reputed that the big felines Are Alm Ostas neurotic As their masters. Aside from being totally unreliable they have been known to attack hug Agos wearing the fur of an animal it pm fur bed room Elip Dera they Avem Zdency to become. S4 attached to thai master that he is hot  will refuse Welcel to this most dealer Sis the manner in obtain their specimens. Mature wild animals can not in mos cases be tamed of the Point where they will be Reuble pets ?h9 usual prac Tice is to capture Young specimens which tend to Fie safer and better a Leto survive than a mature animal under the same  poachers the dealer with inh animal to obtain its this practice has Bis still Stendar in the final do to Fuji rally doge to t 8k ate we animal and Tome order to sup in shoot the Patent " a  it onto file Poten Deniage can it do