Charlotte Lassaline – The Conversation

Sebastian Chekunov

June 23, 2023

Buying bugs and beetles, or shopping for scorpions and snails? Australia’s pet trade includes hundreds of spineless species

Charlotte Lassaline, University of Adelaide and Phill Cassey, University of Adelaide

New research exposing the surprising scale and diversity of Australia’s invertebrate pet trade online highlights the need for better regulation to protect our wildlife and manage biosecurity threats.

Colorado River toad. Shutterstock

May 4, 2023

Lickable toads and magic mushrooms: wildlife traded on the dark web is the kind that gets you high

Phill Cassey, University of Adelaide; Adam Toomes, University of Adelaide; Charlotte Lassaline, University of Adelaide; Dr. Freyja Watters, University of Adelaide; Jacob Maher, University of Adelaide, and Oliver C. Stringham, University of Adelaide

Most wildlife is trafficked openly, while dark web markets sell animals, plants and fungi as drugs. But this could change if there’s a clampdown on open trade.

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