Note: These pets cannot be raised casually, may be illegal, and someone has already been imprisoned for it.

Nowadays, in our daily lives, more and more families keep pets, such as cats, dogs, rabbits, and parrots are common household pets, but some people prefer less common animals.

Keeping pets is a normal hobby, but we should fully understand the category of the pets we keep. Not all animals can be kept as pets, and not all pets can be sold indiscriminately. Let's take a look at the cases to see.

1. Mr. Li is a lizard enthusiast. He initially raised green iguanas, and gradually became fascinated with more exotic lizards. Not long ago, he bought an alligator through a special channel using all his savings.

Mr. Li proudly displayed his new member in the 'Lizard Pet' circle. Unexpectedly, a few days later, the police came to investigate him, claiming that Mr. Li was suspected of violating the law. It turned out that the alligator Mr. Li bought was a national protected animal, and he was reported by someone in the circle when he showcased it.

2. Mr. Xia is a veteran owner of a pet store, where he has spiders, lizards, Dutch rabbits, and more. Once, Mr. Xia saw a ball python online, and Mr. Xia preferred reptile pets. He bought two of them for $1600 online.

After raising them for a few days, a friend saw the ball python in Mr. Xia's circle. Mr. Xia sold it to his friend for $2300 per piece, and tasted the sweetness, and Mr. Xia began to sell ball pythons from then on. The seller shipped the ball pythons to Mr. Xia online.

Mr. Xia generally kept the ball pythons at home for a period of time before selling them for $2600-3000. Finally, the Public Security Bureau received a report from a citizen that Mr. Xia had three ball pythons.

3. Mr. Luo is an individual businessman at a flower and bird market. Without the approval of the relevant department, he sold or was going to sell multiple parrots to others. After identification, the parrots involved included 2 red hummingbird parrots, 1 African grey parrot, and 7 rainbow hummingbird parrots.

It turned out that these parrots all belonged to species in the 'Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora'. Subsequently, the court sentenced Mr. Luo to imprisonment for six years and a fine of 100,000 yuan for illegally selling precious and endangered wild animals.

According to Article 341 of the Criminal Law of China, illegal hunting, killing, and capturing of precious and endangered wild animals, as well as illegal acquisition, transportation, and sale of precious and endangered wild animals and their products, are punishable by imprisonment for no more than five years or detention, and a fine.

For serious circumstances, it may be sentenced to imprisonment for more than five years and no more than ten years, and a fine; for extremely serious circumstances, it may be sentenced to imprisonment for more than ten years, a fine, or confiscation of property.