Global wildlife trade is an enormous market – a look at the billions of animals the US imports from nearly 30,000 species
When people think of wildlife trade, they often picture smugglers sneaking in rare and endangered species from far-off ...
MPs sound alarm over 'very serious risk' of new pandemic from animal fur trade
In a letter to environment secretary Steve Reed, the cross-party group of 42 MPs and peers call for government backing for a ...
Pet lemur trade in Texas threatens endangered species, endangers pet owners, experts say
Texas does not have laws that ban owning a primate. But the law does specify endangered species cannot be kept as pets and ...
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Bird Trade
and they are the fourth most popular animal kept as pets—after dogs, cats and fish. The impact of the global trade on wild bird populations, particularly parrots, has been devastating. Today, nearly ...
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The World’s Most Expensive Animals: What Makes Them Priceless?
When it comes to affording a pet or investing in livestock, the price tags can sometimes reach staggering heights. From ...
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Are Humans Pushing the Slow Loris to Extinction?
Habitat loss also has taken a toll, as has poaching for traditional Asian medicine, which ascribes therapeutic properties to the animals’ body parts. An ongoing pet trade “would really push ...
Baby Orangutan Rescued From Animal Smuggling Ring Has the Most Hopeful Eyes
Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved from a smuggling ring in Chumphon, Thailand. Things could've been so bad for ...
The tiny animal at the centre of the first major Brexit trade battle between UK and EU
The UK will fight in court for its right to ban fishing vessels from catching sand eels, small silvery fish which are often ...