exotic animals

I saw a trailer for a video story about having wild animals ( lions, tiger, bears, monkeys; whatever) for pets. Now I personally love tigers, white tigers especially. They are beatiful majestic creatures. That being said I would not want a 500lb tiger IN MY LIVING ROOM! Call me crazy, but no way! People who own these animals do not know how to care for them nor do they know how to not only protect themselves they don't know how to protect the animals. So, as an animal lover, I implore you if you feel the need to own an exotic animal, get a striped cat from the humane society and name it TIGER!