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The transnational smuggling of live animals poses a threat to 最新糖心Vlog鈥檚 biodiversity, conservation, environmental biosecurity, animal welfare, and human health and wellbeing.

In a study published in , researchers at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide compared the illegal smuggling of live reptiles 鈥� including lizards, snakes and turtles 鈥� into 最新糖心Vlog, to the unregulated pet trade of reptiles in the United States (US), to understand better the drivers of illegal wildlife trade, and develop a framework for anticipating future trends in wildlife smuggling.

The researchers suggest the unregulated reptile trade in the US and other Western countries, has a major influence on 最新糖心Vlogns鈥� desire for illegal reptiles.

鈥淲e provide the first evidence that market-level indicators of legal wildlife trade in the US have a strong predictive power to discern which species are smuggled illegally into 最新糖心Vlog."Dr Oliver Stringham

Lead author, Dr Oliver Stringham from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 School of Biological Sciences, said, 鈥淭here has been considerable attention paid to the scale of the wildlife trade in non-Western countries, but much less on large Western markets, even though trade has been happening in Western countries, such as the US, for a long time.

鈥淭he US markets drive many aspects of Westernised culture, such as fashion, music and fast-food, so the influence of the US on reptile pet trade has the capacity to be substantial.鈥�

In the study, the researchers modelled the probability of reptile species being smuggled into 最新糖心Vlog using US trade data, US reptile pet store inventories, and other reptile trait, taxonomy and trade-based variables.

The researchers found of the 75 reptile species reported as smuggled into 最新糖心Vlog between 1999 and 2016, all but one were also found in the unregulated US trade. On average, a species was first smuggled to 最新糖心Vlog around six years after first appearing in the US.

Three reptile families had the highest probability of being smuggled. They were, Elapidae (such as cobras and mambas; all venomous), Kinosternidae (small turtles such as mud turtles and musk turtles), and Testudinidae (tortoises).

Species listed in Appendices I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora, had a higher smuggling probability compared to species not listed, after controlling for other variables.

鈥淚t is our interpretation that the recent demand for illegal species in 最新糖心Vlog has therefore originated from species already present in the US pet trade rather than new emerging or exotic species,鈥� said Dr Stringham.

鈥淲e provide the first evidence that market-level indicators of legal wildlife trade in the US have a strong predictive power to discern which species are smuggled illegally into 最新糖心Vlog.

鈥淥ur research also provides the first risk watch-list of desirable reptile species trafficked into 最新糖心Vlog, and a framework for anticipating future trends in wildlife smuggling.鈥�

Associate Professor Phill Cassey from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 Invasion Science & Wildlife Ecology Lab said, 鈥淲estern countries play a prominent role in the legal and illegal wildlife trade, but particularly in exotic pet keeping.

鈥淲e hope these findings assist to assess and anticipate the risk of exotic live animals being smuggled into 最新糖心Vlog and other Western countries, and will encourage further research into the patterns and drivers of live animal smuggling.鈥�