News: exotic animals

Shining a light on dark web wildlife trade

Shining a light on dark web wildlife trade

A huge amount of wildlife is traded on the internet, with e-commerce marketplaces, private forums and messaging apps being the most popular means to sell and buy live animals, plants, fungi and their parts and products online.

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Stopping illegal trade of Aussie lizards

Shingleback lizard seized by ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn authorities

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fueled by international demand and the exotic pet trade.

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Video platforms normalise exotic pets

Tiger in the wild image

Researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide are concerned video sharing platforms such as YouTube could be contributing to the normalisation of exotic pets and encouraging the exotic pet trade.

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