Should we import more wild animals to America?

I recently heard a news story where a young woman on an African safari was attacked by a hippopotamus, which capsized their boat and severely bit her leg.

It made me wonder, why do people have to go on safaris to see these animals, or confine them to zoos.

In America, all we have are bears, ‘gators and a few miscellaneous wild pigs and a few vicious felines.

Why can’t we have more of these animals, perhaps imported, into our wilderness and our communities, as others in other parts of the world do?

Imagine your daughter walking home from school and telling about the lovely heard of zebras she encountered. Or, seeing a lion by the mailbox and being afraid to go out and get the mail but being awed by its majesty. Or, having to put up the garden tools and children’s tricycle because monkeys have been coming to take them, having watched us all day using these items.

Or that an ostrich, an emu, or lama followed your son home from school and your son tried really hard to not make it mad,

What would life be like in America if we imported some of these animals normally only seen in zoos and on safaris?