EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Finding loving homes for cuddly puppies and cute kittens is hard enough.
The director of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals isn’t quite sure how he’s going to find proper homes for 10 cold-blooded lizards.
E.J. Finocchio says the lizards’ owner turned them in to the organization’s headquarters because he had lost his job and his house and could not care for them.
Finocchio tells The Providence Journal that he won’t even call the animals “pets.” He says they don’t show any affection and don’t belong in homes.
He says at least one of the lizards could grow to seven-feet in length, and three require special permits to own. He says he’ll ask area zoos and animal sanctuaries to take the creatures.