Live reptile smuggling is predicted by trends in the legal exotic pet trade
Conservation Letters, 2021 Live animal smuggling presents a suite of conservation and biosecurity concerns, including the introduction of invasive species and diseases. Yet, understanding why certain species are smuggled over others, and predicting which species will be smuggled ...
Oliver C. Stringham +5 more
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Conservation Science and PracticeThe trade of alien species as pets is increasingly recognized as a biosecurity risk due to their intentional and accidental release into the wild.
Adam Toomes +10 more
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Market trends and conservation challenges in the U.S. amphibian pet trade
Aquaculture ReportsThe amphibian pet trade is growing in the U.S. While there are anecdotal reports of an increasing emphasis on selling captive-bred animals, millions of amphibians are imported into the U.S.
Pedro H. de O. Viadanna +2 more
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Journal of Asia-Pacific BiodiversityOwls are popular pets in Japan, with the country being the largest importer of live owls in the world. Although several studies have looked at the welfare implications of the country's “owl cafés,” the scale and scope of the Japanese owl trade, and its ...
Boyd T.C. Leupen +4 more
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Crayfish pet trade as a pathway for the introduction of known and novel viruses
Journal of Invertebrate PathologyExpanding international pet trade has emerged as one of the main introduction pathways of aquatic invasive species, with ornamental crayfish species commonly available on the EU and global markets. Besides most frequently studied crayfish pathogens, such as Aphanomyces astaci and white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), ornamental crayfish carry associated ...
Paula Dragicevic
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, 2023 Relato do PET Engenharia Mecânica sobre como funciona o seu programa e suas ...
Engenharia Mecânica , PET
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More than we bargained for: Zebra mussels transported amongst European native freshwater snails [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2023 The international pet trade is a major driver of non-native species spread, including species both sold in the trade, and organisms incidentally transported alongside.
James W. E. Dickey +5 more
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Exploring media representation of the exotic pet trade, with a focus on welfare: taxonomic, framing and language biases in peer-reviewed publications and newspaper articles [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceGail Austen, Jon Bielby
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The first record of an invasive reptile species, Pelomedusa cf. olivacea (Schweigger, 1812) (Pelomedusidae, Testudines), in the wild of South Korea [PDF]
Check List, 2022 Invasive species are of global conservation concern. South Korea is also facing the same challenge, especially, due to the growing pet trade. Herein, we report Pelomedusa cf.
Seung-Min Park +3 more
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Domesticating the Exotic? An Online Survey of Attitudes towards the International Wildlife Pet Trade
Conservation & Society, 2021 There are a variety of perspectives on wildlife management and conservation, necessitating interdisciplinary research to develop better management strategies. We answered the call to action provided by Teel et al. (2018) to integrate social sciences into
Andrea Contina +8 more
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