completely disagree with having wild mammals as pets, but that's another argument...
Please, oh please start your own thread on this in the debatable section. We will all keep it civil and respectful, but I would love to hear why in your mind it is perfectly fine to keep wild reptiles as pets, but not pet mammals. What about birds? What is the difference between a turtle in a tank and a canary in a cage? Or a turtle in a terrarium? Or a fish in an aquarium? Or a ferret in a... Oh, you get the point.