Would you like to have a red panda as a pet? Or a sloth? What about a slow loris, a type of cute primate?

Demand for wild pets is rising, spurred in part by internet videos that show how adorable they are. In some cases, owners post videos of wild animals in their care, coddling them as if they were domesticated.

There are, of course, animal welfare reasons not to keep wild creatures. None of them are domesticated; they evolved to live in their natural environments and not human habitations; and the exotic pet trade is known for cruel treatment and is often fed by poaching.

But there are more immediate and perhaps selfish reasons: These animals, despite being fluffy and adorable, do