Why can't I have a pet Red Panda?

[LynneSin]

They are only slightly larger than a house cat. I think I would be able to give a red panda lots of love!

[Iggo]

1. He'll kill you in your sleep.

[LynneSin]

4. So, my cat Evita is plotting my death as I sleep too

I've surved with her for 8 years I think I can survive with a Red Panda.

[siligut]

2. If you get one, I get one too.

Goochie, goochie. What a cutie.

[GoCubsGo]

3. Ummm...because keeping endangered species for pets is illegal?

They ARE pretty damned cute, though! But, from what I understand, their disposition doesn't completely match their cuteness.

[LynneSin]

5. Then they should have given them an ugly face, like a crocodile

no one wants a pet crocodile

[siligut]

7. Must have been the fooking republicans again...

They have that direct line to god and all...

[Posteritatis]

6. I want one of Belyaev's foxes, myself. (nt)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. The tame Russian foxes?

A fox would be a cool pet, if it didn't chew your hand off.

[Posteritatis]

15. They seem past "tame" and into genuinely "domesticated"

The change in their population since Belyaev started the experiment is astounding.

[petronius]

8. Two reasons: 1) life is horribly horribly unfair, and 2) the illuminati hate red pandas,

and have decreed that they should be denied your lots of love. Maybe that's just one reason...

[mcollins]

9. Mccarthy black listed them all? nt

[lillypaddle]

10. Have you seen that show on Animal Planet

called "Obsessions" (I think). That's why. It will kill you & eat you. Cute can be misleading.

[pgodbold]

11. Love at first sight.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

13. Lol. That's what I said when I went to the zoo

[Old Troop]

14. Oh right. Who's gonna feed him, clean up after him, take him for walks

(or whatever they do). It's always this way with you kids when you get tired of the old pets!

[Liberal Veteran]

16. It's so unfair. I wanted to adopt a Cassowary but they wouldn't let me