Millions of animals are taken from their habitats to live in homes as pets, feeding a thriving illegal trade in wildlife.
The exotic pet trade has been characterized as a destructive industry that depletes wildlife populations, disrupts natural ecosystems, causes widespread animal suffering and threatens human health and safety. Globally, the wild animal pet trade involves thousands of species and millions of individual anim...
Covid-19 wake-up call for exotic pet tradeBy Josh Loebdoi:10.1136/vr.m1517BMJ Publishing Group LimitedJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdVeterinary Record
Also called a red-tailed boa, this is a relatively large species with a name that scares people who know little about snakes. They are actually common in the pet trade and pose a scant risk to public safety. This species is legal to keep in New Jersey, even without a permit. Kinkajous...
the No. 1 central document included "alien pets" for the first time, emphasizing "severely crack down on illegal introduction of alien species, implement key prevention and control actions against major invasive species, and strengthen standardized management of alien pet trade and release". Who is...
From Alabama to Wyoming, we discuss one exotic pet you can own without a license in each state.
Sold, traded and abandoned. A jaguar’s journey exposes exotic pet tradeA jaguar cub changed hands several times, used as a prop on social media and OnlyFans, before finally being left at an animal sanctuary in San Diego. Now, the sanctuary is trying to ensure it has enough resources to ...
"Being a pet shop owner is what I've been dreaming of since my childhood days. Now, I'm preparing to apply for a license for my shop," he said. "I just want to provide a place which can offer one-stop services to other reptile lovers like me. At my shop everything from the re...
Theexotic pet tradeis becoming increasingly popular in some parts of the world including Asia, with many consumers seeking rare, protected or wild-sourced species to satisfy their cravings. Another lucrative trend globally is online trading. According to the aforementioned study, more than a third ...
wildlife tradeExotic pet supply is a key, predominantly legal, component of global wildlife trade, but few studies have quantified its diversity or global reach. Here, using information extracted from the public (open) Facebook accounts of two wildlife exporters in Togo, West Africa, we ...