Goldfish, turtles, snakes, lizards, rabbits, etc are all animals people bought for pets and then decided that they didn't want them and released them into the "

Goldfish, turtles, snakes, lizards, rabbits, etc are all animals people bought for pets and then decided that they didn't want them and released them into the "wild" to be "free" without considering the consequences for the animal or the environment.