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Investigating Support for Management of the Pet Trade Invasion Risk [PDF]

Journal of Wildlife Management, 2020
The non‐native pet trade contributes directly to species invasions, thereby threatening wildlife. Biological invasions influence environmental change, resulting in species extinctions and biodiversity loss.
Elizabeth F Pienaar
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Reptile pet trade in Brazil: A regulatory approach to sustainable biodiversity conservation [PDF]

Conservation Science and Practice, 2021
The pet trade is the main cause of the growing number of exotic reptiles worldwide, posing a risk for invasion emergence and species extinction. In this study, we identify and analyze the obstacles involved in controlling the native and exotic reptile ...
Erica Fonseca, Caroline Zank, Sonia Zanini Cechin   +2 more
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Inherited pathology and pet trading

Veterinary Record, 2015
RECENTLY, two miniature schnauzer dogs affected by persistent Mullerian duct syndrome (PMDS) have been referred by independent local veterinary practitioners to the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences in Zaragoza, Spain. In light of the observed malformations in the genitalia, we performed DNA sequencing and verified that both dogs were homozygous carriers ...
Luis V, Monteagudo, M Teresa, Tejedor, Alicia, Uixerá, Olga, Mitjana, M Victoria, Falceto, Cristina, Bonastre   +5 more
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Global Trade in Exotic Pets 2006–2012

Conservation Biology, 2014
Abstract International trade in exotic pets is an important and increasing driver of biodiversity loss and often compromises the standards required for good animal welfare. We systematically reviewed the scientific and gray literature and used the United Nations Environment Programme ‐ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP‐WCMC ...
Emma R, Bush, Sandra E, Baker, David W, Macdonald   +2 more
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The Morality of the Reptile “Pet” Trade

Journal of Animal Ethics, 2014
Abstract The trade in, and private keeping of, reptiles as "pets" raises several ethical concerns regarding animal welfare (associated with handling, storage, transportation, intensive captive breeding, captivity stress, injury, disease, and high premature mortality); public health and safety (associated with zoonotic disease and animal ...
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Novel chytrid pathogen variants and the global amphibian pet trade

Conservation Biology, 2022
Abstract Global wildlife trade spreads emerging infectious diseases that threaten biodiversity. The amphibian chytrid pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has caused population declines and species extinctions worldwide except in Asia. Fire‐bellied toads (
Minjie Fu, Bruce Waldman
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A Pluralist–Expressivist Critique of the Pet Trade

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2009
Elizabeth Anderson’s “pluralist–expressivist” value theory, an alternative to the understanding of value and rationality underlying the “rational actor” model of human behavior, provides rich resources for addressing questions of environmental and animal ethics.
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Invasion risk posed by the pet trade

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
The legal trade in exotic pets is linked to the establishment of nonnative species and climate change compounds the risk of invasion, overwhelming management efforts. We characterized the world's largest market for exotic pets—the US—by providing a real‐time snapshot of species with invasion potential, and assessed the current and future risk posed to ...
Luke J Evans, J Alex Baecher, Brett R Scheffers   +2 more
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Further understanding the pet primate trade in the U.S.

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
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The pet primate trade in the U.S.

Open Access Government
The pet primate trade in the U.S. Dr Melissa Seaboch, Professor and Department Chair at Salt Lake Community College, discusses the challenges regarding the pet primate trade in the U.S., including its impact on animal welfare and owners and the complexity of regulations.
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