JUPITER FARMS — The illegal pet trade is a billion-dollar industry that captures exotic animals or breeds them in captivity and sells them for a profit as pets, at the expense of their safety ...

Times are indeed changing for the better for the animals. The Indigenous Peoples' (IP) culture in the northern part of the ...

An Australian-based criminal syndicate plotted to smuggle hundreds of native reptiles into Hong Kong as part of a murky trade in live animals, police alleged Monday. Detectives began investigating ...

“It is heartbreaking”—Instagram responds to its illegal-ape-trade problem Earlier this week, the New York Times published a heartrending account of the illegal ape trade, where ...

Legal wildlife trade averaged US$220 billion per annum between 1997 and 2016. Legal wild animal exports originating from Africa are estimated to be worth US$245 million each year. While this can ...

“All you need is a social media account and a bit of money. Once animals end up in the illegal pet trade, the odds of them being mistreated and malnourished are high. As more and more imperiled ...

Authorities nabbed two persons who allegedly sold dogs for their meat in General Tinio, Nueva Ecija. Emil Sumangil’s ...

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