All animals get stressed to some degree in any kind of exhibitions. Ive been to some cat's competitions and even those domesticated creatures get stressed. Just coz they seem placid or docile does not mean they arent stressed. Being in captivity itself is already stressful. Anyways, im sure SPCA has the best interest at heart when it comes to animal.

I think it requires a lot more than just acquiring a land and having the good intention.

The problem with the idea of running and sustaining an animal rescue center is public awareness. For one, a lot of people who decided to dump their animals, will not think about calling the animal rescue center. They just dump them. Just last week, someone i know wanted to ditch his ball python at the side of road, i was like you might as well just kill it yourself, as often they wont survive being not in captivity. So basically, the only way to increase awareness to spend a lot of money and effort to ensure the public knows that such thing as an exotic rescue center exists.

Also alof of these exotic animals require permits, many who purchase them without permits are a bit paranoid to talk to any animal welfare offcials.

I think establishments like SPCA and PAW are able to sustain their operations due to the support from the public. Such as people coming to adopt the animals and paying some fees. There are also volunteer work done by students and the likes. This is not the case with exotic animals as we talking about a niche hobby here. Dogs and cats are acceptable to the general public, snakes and iguanas are not.

Have you called Toby's pets at 1-Utama otherwise you can check jalan pasar in KL ? Last time i was there, i saw variety of turtles/tortoises.