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Exotic animal cafes are increasingly home to threatened biodiversity
Conservation Letters, 2021 Exploitation of species for wildlife trade, including the demand for exotic pets (likely sourced from the wild or recent generations of captivity) is a major threat to biodiversity.
Sharne E. McMillan +3 more
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The challenge of attaining conservation outcomes in a complex system: Agency personnel’s and academic researchers’ perspectives on the wicked problem of the exotic pet trade [PDF]
NeoBiotaThe exotic pet trade is a wicked problem involving economic, social, political, ethical, and environmental dimensions, which cannot be resolved using conventional management strategies that are informed by restricted expertise.
Elizabeth N. Pratt +3 more
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Pet primates for sale in the United States.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Our research goal was to investigate the primate pet trade in the United States. While dogs and cats are the most common type of pet, there are an estimated 15,000 pet primates in the United States and the demand for exotic pets in general has been ...
Melissa S Seaboch, Sydney N Cahoon
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Understanding the demand for and value of pathogen‐free amphibians to US pet owners
Conservation Science and Practice, 2023 Pathogen transmission through wildlife trade has become a significant One Health issue, but businesses involved in trade can take actions to minimize pathogen spread within and beyond trade networks. Such actions could include an industry‐led clean‐trade
Kevin Cavasos +5 more
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Identifying potential emerging invasive non‐native species from the freshwater pet trade
People and Nature, 2023 An increasingly globalised world has facilitated the movement of non‐native species (NNS) via the poorly regulated international pet trade. While focus is increasingly being placed on preventative action to combat invasive NNS—often cheaper and less ...
James W. E. Dickey +5 more
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From tigers to axolotls: Why people keep exotic pets in Russia
People and Nature, 2020 The exotic pet trade, both legal and illegal, plays a crucial role in wildlife overharvesting and biodiversity loss world‐wide, but drivers of demand for exotic pets are still poorly understood and under‐studied.
Sofiya Shukhova, Douglas C. MacMillan
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Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2020 In recent years, ornamental shrimps gained increasing popularity in the aquarium trade. Unfortunately, they are potential vectors of epibionts, which may be unintentionally introduced to aquaria with imported shrimps. This contribution presents the first
Maciaszek Rafał +3 more
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Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2021 There are known plenty tiny invertebrate species associated with decapod crustaceans. Our contribution documents the first record of New Guinean ornamental Cherax crayfish epibiont, Diceratocephala boschmai (Platyhelminthes: Temnocephalida) found in pet ...
Ložek Filip +2 more
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Biology, 2021 Biological invasions are increasingly recognized ecological and economic threats to biodiversity and are projected to increase in the future. Introduced freshwater crayfish in particular are protruding invaders, exerting tremendous impacts on native ...
Antonín Kouba +9 more
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Diversity, 2023 Citizen science is emerging as a powerful tool for the early detection of biological invasions. The exotic pet trade has been deemed as the most significant cause of establishment for reptiles, and among them, turtles have the highest number of ...
Konstantinos Kalaentzis +4 more
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