https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/science/illegal-wildlife-reptiles-amphibians.html

This article talks about the exotic pet industry and how it is an industry that is corrupt with a lot of illegal activity.  The author uses a headline that suggests that reptiles sold in pet stores are often either bread illegally or taken from the wild.  The author exemplifies that a lot of the illegal activity that goes on in this industry occurs in third world countries, where a lot of these animals live, and because of that the law enforcement is unable to shut down these illegal operations.  This article interested me because it makes you wonder about the source of things.  When you see clothes in the shelf of a store you wonder if it was made abroad, in an illegal sweatshop or if it was made legally.  This article illustrates that it is important that you know where all your purchases come from because in the this case especially we are talking about living creatures who have probably had a rough life.