I know they may be considered road hazzards or road kill, but still introducing such an exotic species seems kind of tricky. A pet store in Taipei is selling the furry creatures for 300K a piece. They claim they can live perfectly well in the space of one ping. The ones presented, though well taken care of, are locked up in a bathroom, residing in the bathtub. That is my only objection, as according to Wikipedia:
Several people interviewed said they would buy them in a flash, so cute, but that they were too expensive.
‘Stoned wallabies make crop circles’
excert: "Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around “as high as a kite”, a government official has said.
“The one interesting bit that I found recently in one of my briefs on the poppy industry was that we have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles,” Lara Giddings told the hearing.
“Then they crash,” she added. “We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high.”
I’ve experienced wallabies coming into the kitchen for a snack and a scratch, but I guarantee, if you try to keep one in a Taiwan bathroom, as soon as you open the door, you’ll probably get your guts scratched out. And you deserve it. :raspberry:
That, in 40,000+ years, the Australian aborigines never domesticated wallabies might suggest that they’re not pets and probably never will be. As mentioned, some idiot is probably going to be on the news in a month having been disembowelled by a wallaby. I love how people will freak out at any dog larger than a beagle in this country, yet won’t think anything of getting a wild animal with very strong legs and big claws for a pet. There’s not enough natural selection of humans in this country.
The woman they showed as a "happy owner* looked sweey enough, and the bayhroom not very lixirious. An everyday, love cute stuff xoaojie. Now that you guys mention thode things have claws, I fear for her safety.
But remember not so long ago, tigers were kept as pets in the city, ligers were born, so anything hoes. I hope the international animal organizations raide a big fuss. All.I can say is that O am shocked at the locals lack of knowledge, responsibility and self preservation. Is iy they assume that if itbis for sale, then it’s ok? No Internet research, just cute factor?
This is one perfect example of why all animals dold at pet stores should bu lawonly be sold after they have been neutereor spayed. If those yhings escape or are released in yhe mointains of Taiwan, can you imagine how fast they will reproduce? I mean, they already have an ibis colony down South, any more exotic animals needed? Wallaby expansion on an island has happened several times in the past already.
Might do a little googling around.