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Many exotic pets suffer or die in transit, and beyond—and the U.S. government is failing to act


Many exotic pets suffer or die in transit, and beyond and the U.S. government is failing to act
Often mailed dozens to a box, animals in the pet trade are subjected to inhumane conditions, experts say.
ByRachel Nuwer
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Dead frogs from the Solomon Islands, a remote archipelago in the South Pacific, set the tone for how the United States enforces animal welfare protections. And not for the better, experts say. 
It was back in 1995, and a wildlife inspector at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was called to check a shipment of animals that had just arrived. When he opened one of the wooden boxes, the first thing he saw was skinks. The lizards looked healthy enough. ....

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Campaigners call for closure of EU's wildlife trafficking loopholes and criminalisation of wildlife smuggling, to end "stolen wildlife" crisis


January 13, 2021
Campaigners call for closure of EU’s wildlife trafficking loopholes and criminalisation of wildlife smuggling, to end “stolen wildlife” crisis
Humane Society International / Europe
Grettel Delgadillo for HSI
BRUSSELS Animal protection campaigners have called for the urgent closure of gaping loopholes in EU wildlife trade regulations that fail to prevent the trafficking of protected wild species.
At Stolen Wildlife, an online conference, Humane Society International/Europe and Pro Wildlife launched a report underlining the urgent need to criminalise the import and sale of illegally sourced wildlife. Additionally, John E. Scalon, former CITES[1] Secretary General and chair of the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime, advocated for a new protocol on the illicit trafficking of wildlife under the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC). This would make the illicit trafficking in protected species a serious crime and cre ....

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