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The first comprehensive overview of trade in Australian reptiles and frogs worldwide shows more species should be listed for monitoring under the international convention on wildlife trade.
The caption may say that only scientists and trained professionals should handle wild animals, but viewers remember the image, not the words.
Most Australians think of scorpions as exotic desert animals, but they are fairly widespread across the continent. Still, next to nothing is known about most local scorpion species.
More than half of the world’s turtle species are endangered or threatened, and overhunting of wild species is a major cause.
Why wild chimpanzees end up as pets and how we can keep them in the wild.
Trade in exotic pets online is far more prevalent and diverse than previously thought. Threatened species, invasive species and banned imports are all for sale.
Tackling this global problem requires an international effort – particularly by rich nations where the demand for exotic pets is increasing.
There are more captive tigers in the US than there are in the wild around the world – and they can be bought for less than some breeds of dog puppies.
Shareable online images of chimpanzees, elephants and other animals are threatening their conservation and welfare.
The way of life primates have evolved to live cannot be replicated in a human home.
Keeping pets is a habit that goes way back into our hunter-gatherer past, and has played an important part in our evolution.
Exotic pets may rank highly on the novelty and excitement scale, but little is known about their ownership in Australia.
Hollywood shirks its ethical responsibilities when it comes to vulnerable animal species.
Many pet fish end up in ponds, fountains and waterways. But before ditching your goldfish in the park, stop and think about the viruses you could also be releasing.
Disney’s latest hit movie has inspired Chinese people to keep Saharan foxes as pets.
Top contributors
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Director of the Wildlife Crime Research Hub, Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow, Adelaide University
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Co-Director, Centre for Human Animal Studies, Edge Hill University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Visiting Fellow in Anthrozoology, University of Bristol
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Asso. Professor in Anthropology, University College London, UCL
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Senior Research Associate, Murdoch University
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Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation
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Lecturer, Flinders University
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Ph.D. student at the Invasion Science & Wildlife Ecology Group, Adelaide University
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Macquarie University Environmental Law Research Centre, Macquarie University
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Research Associate in the Department of Biology, Utrecht University
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Teaching Faculty of Biology, University of Richmond
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Adelaide University
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PhD Candidate in Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Lecturer and Post Doctoral Researcher in Biological Anthropology, Princeton University