Blind Trading: A Literature Review of Research Addressing the Welfare of Ball Pythons in the Exotic Pet Trade. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2020 Extensive numbers of Ball pythons are caught, bred, traded and subsequently kept in captivity across the world as part of the exotic pet industry. Despite their widespread availability as pets, relatively little is known about the potential welfare challenges affecting them.
Green J +9 more
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The International Vertebrate Pet Trade Network and Insights from US Imports of Exotic Pets. [PDF]
Bioscience, 2021 AbstractThe international trade in exotic vertebrate pets provides key social and economic benefits but also drives associated ecological, ethical, and human health impacts. However, despite its clear importance, we currently lack a full understanding of the structure of the pet trade, hampering efforts to optimize its benefits while mitigating its ...
Sinclair JS +6 more
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Reducing the primate pet trade: Actions for primatologists. [PDF]
Am J Primatol, 2020 AbstractThis commentary emerged from a panel presentation at the International Primatological Society Congress in Nairobi, Kenya, 2018. The goal was to provide regional updates on the status of primate removal from habitat countries, especially for the pet trade, and develop guidelines that could help primatologists address this critical problem.
Norconk MA +8 more
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Global online trade in primates for pets [PDF]
Environmental Development, 2023 The trade in primates as pets is a global enterprise and as access to the Internet has increased, so too has the trade of live primates online. While quantifying primate trade in physical markets is relatively straightforward, limited insights have been made into trade via the Internet.
Vincent Nijman +32 more
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Pet stores, aquarists and the internet trade as modes of introduction and spread of invasive macrophytes in South Africa [PDF]
, 2011 Submerged aquatic invasive plant species are increasingly being recognised as a major threat to South African water ways. Pet stores, aquarists and the internet-mediated trade were investigated as pathways for submerged invasive macrophyte introductions ...
Coetzee, Julie, Martin, G D
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Non-native Amphibian Pet Trade via Internet in Poland [PDF]
European Journal of Ecology, 2018 Overharvesting and trade in amphibian populations is one of the causes of their global decline. Online trade not only encourages the exploitation of an increasing number of rare and endangered amphibian species from all over the world but also ...
Kaczmarski, Mikołaj, Kolenda, Krzysztof
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Further understanding the pet primate trade in the U.S. [PDF]
Open Access Government, 2023 Further understanding the pet primate trade in the U.S. Dr Melissa Seaboch explores the potential drivers of the pet primate trade in the U.S. and the troubling impact on both animals and owners. Little is known about the pet primate trade in the United States and other non-habitat countries. It is widely reported that there are 15,000
Melissa Seaboch
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The global risk of infectious disease emergence from giant land snail invasion and pet trade. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2023 Gippet JMW +3 more
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An audience segmentation approach to conservation messaging for transforming the exotic pet trade
Conservation Biology, 2023 Advancing transformative change for sustainability requires population-wide behavior change. Yet, most behavioral interventions tackling environmental problems only examine average effects on the aggregate, while overlooking the heterogeneous effects within a population.
Rumi Naito +3 more
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Supplying the Exotic Pet Trade: Conservation and Livelihood Implications [PDF]
, 2017 The wildlife trade represents a significant threat to biodiversity, but may also provide opportunities for societal and economic benefits. To supply the trade, wildlife is often sourced from biodiverse developing countries where poverty rates are high.
Janine E. Robinson
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