Does everyone in the US keep wild animals?

I was reading an article in a magazine, and some woman managed to get attacked by a a bear in her own home, while her neighbours were cleaning out the cage it was (normally) kept in. This strikes me as odd, because it's not normal for wild animals to be kept as.. pets, is it?

I can't find a link (it was a paper based magazine, and they don't have a website.)

XD No...I assure you that only crazy people would do that. Normal people prefer domestic animals. ;D lol. That's pretty funny though.

It always makes me giggle when I hear of someone with a pet hedgehog.


Dude, I get LOADS in my garden, I'll send one over for free.

Awww, that's sweet.

My reception class teacher at primary school had a errr... dead hedgehog mounted on a board, and put on display. We never thought anything of it then, but thinking about it now it's rather an.. odd.. thing to have. (in a classroom with a bunch of 4-5 year olds anyway.)