Straightforward piece on the burgeoning phenomenon of Americans keeping "exotic" pets...lions, poisonous snakes, bears, etc. The film attributes this to so-called reality TV but it also seems to stem from the culture of extreme individualism into which we have devolved plus a misguided desire to seem cool. These folks don't care about the effect these animals have on their community...they are only interested in their own desires and passionately resent any imposed limitations.
We are presented with various escapes which injure and/or traumatize neighbors...as if the story needed such.
Mostly we follow an animal control officer in Ohio who has to deal with these problems when they arise and his lengthy interactions with some trailer trash who keep two full-grown lions in a horse trailer. These people, ignorant and repulsive, are treated somewhat sympathetically which makes the film a very effective work of agitprop.
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