Over time the human–animal bond has been changed. For instance, the role of pets has
changed from work animals (protecting houses, catching mice) to animals with a social …

Exotic pets are essentially animals that are non-native to a region and/or nondomesticated.
The trade in and keeping of exotic pets has been frequently criticized for the commonly …

Billions of wild and semiwild animals live in captive conditions very different from their
ancestral environments. Some of the potential challenges they face here, such as greater …

Simple Summary In regulating the trading and keeping of exotic pets, lawmakers seek to
protect animal welfare, prevent species declines, and safeguard biodiversity. The public also …

Exotic pet supply is a key, predominantly legal, component of global wildlife trade, but few
studies have quantified its diversity or global reach. Here, using information extracted from …

The authors formally investigated a major international wildlife wholesaler and subsequently
confiscated more than 26,400 nonhuman animals of 171 species and types. Approximately …

The trade in, and private keeping of, reptiles as" pets" raises several ethical concerns
regarding animal welfare (associated with handling, storage, transportation, intensive …

Simple Summary Antimicrobial resistance in exotic pets has not been widely studied. The
close contact of this type of animal with the human population increases the risk of …

In Canada, there have been calls for increased research into and surveillance of wildlife
trade and associated zoonotic disease risks. We provide the first comprehensive analysis of …

Simple Summary Overpopulation and abandonment of pets are long-standing and
burgeoning concerns that involve uncontrolled breeding and selling, illegal trafficking …