What this world has come to

By: Kayla Miller

Really, is it that exiting to keep illegal animals in your home? Well, to some I suppose it is. But the fact is, once a person finds out that someone is holding illegal animals, wouldn't you get rid of them? To some, I suppose not.

A Des Moines man by the name of Larry Eddinger has been keeping two pythons, a pair of alligators, and many other animals in a vacant home. Kids in the neighborhood were attracted to his animal house. Soon parents caught wind of this, and posed that it is harmful to the children that are only going there to see the smaller animals, such as guinea pigs and turtles. Eddinger was then put on probation for a year and charged $1000.

First of all, what was this man thinking? Why is it cool to keep death threatning animals in a house, especially where kids could be prone to get hurt? I don't know what this world has come to, but I'd say Eddinger had gotten off the hook pretty easy.