Dungeons and Dragons: Culture Differences in Attitudes Toward Exotic Animals

Shangzhe Xie; Ji Zhen Low

doi:10.1016/j.cvex.2024.03.002

Dungeons and Dragons: Culture Differences in Attitudes Toward Exotic Animals

Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2024 Apr 12:S1094-9194(24)00013-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2024.03.002. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Shangzhe Xie¹, Ji Zhen Low²

Affiliations

¹ Veterinary Health, Mandai Wildlife Group, 80 Mandai Lake Road, Singapore. Electronic address: shangzhe.xie@mandai.com.
² School of Applied Science, Temasek Polytechnic, 21 Tampines Avenue 1, Singapore.

PMID: 38614841
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2024.03.002

Abstract

The way exotic animals are viewed around the world differ. These views and attitudes are constantly evolving and may eventually converge in the way that cats and dogs are now widely accepted as part of most societies around the world. The choice and popularity of exotic animal species as pets is a complex interaction of many different factors, including legislation and availability. Media representation may be a factor too, but there has been very little evidence to demonstrate this. Regardless of the region, exotic animal practice appears to be an area of veterinary practice that is on the rise.

Keywords: Culture; Exotic animal practice; Veterinary medicine.

Publication types

Review