News: exotic animals
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
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fueled by international demand and the exotic pet trade.
Video platforms normalise exotic pets
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.