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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Wildlife as Pets, high demand for "bush-meat" and exotic pets, United States in which zoos house 28% of exotic animals, wolves, capuchins, bears, lions and primates but then realized they belonged in the wild after visiting animals in Africa, United States includes Big Cats (19%), South America example Scarlet Macaws, populations & species where collectors overharvest animals to compensate for losses during transport, Making an animal more valuable to people helps conservation which is the mission of many zoos, realized they belonged in the wild after visiting animals in Africa and decided "they are creatures of the land, and to give them less suddenly seemed wrong", United States includes Primates (16%), private homes house 66% of exotic animals because people want surrogate children, United States in which private homes house 66% of exotic animals, United States in which circuses house 6% of exotic animals, to reconnect with natural world (sometimes causing social isolation) with some owners who truly care about animals, private homes house 66% of exotic animals because people want to reconnect with natural world (sometimes causing social isolation), threatens endangered species some of which are top predators, potentially lowering illegal trafficking for example White rhinoceros horns selling for absurd amounts of money on the black market where legalization of trading can reduce the demand (and lower the cost, making it less lucrative), adverse effects the ecosystem because wildlife harvesting is regulated, be Illegal adversy affect the ecosystem, result in Wildlife as "Pets" or Exhibit Animals which nicely states: "When you take the wild out of the wild, you eradicate its true nature and replace it with fantasy." (Slater, 2014), be Illegal claimed to be 3rd highest illicit commerce (after illegal drugs & weapons)