I’ll bet your wife was upset, or at least pretended to be, just to keep her Mom happy. You did the right thing. This lady is like many pet owners, and doesn’t believe you about the danger. Danger? Not with my ‘Baby’!
Yeah, potentially dangerous pets are a problem. It’s like most wild animals, we’d like to think they would understand and love us back, but they’re wild beasts. It in their nature.