Fauna Friends

02/21/2017

Think twice!

02/13/2017

The exotic animal trade is a multi-billion dollar industry, and the US is the world’s leading importer. While the US government is on the alert for well known animal-transmitted diseases, there is no mandatory health surveillance for most animals coming though US ports for commercial distribution

https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/field-notes-predicting-how-the-pet-trade-spreads-infectious-disease/

Mongabay looks at conservation science in progress: Elizabeth Daut models risk of infectious disease spreading to US wildlife via the pet trade.

02/08/2017

Global biodiversity loss doesn’t just result from the destruction of habitats, or even hunting species for meat. A huge number of species are threatened by trade – both alive as pets or exhibits, or dead for use in medicines.

http://www.earthtouchnews.com/environmental-crime/illegal-trade/trading-in-extinction-how-the-pet-trade-is-killing-off-many-animal-species

The pet trade poses a major risk to the future survival of many less well-known species.

02/07/2017

Wild cats are not the same as domestic cats that take on the role of our little friends so well. It seems obvious, but for many people, it, unfortunately, isn’t so.

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/abandoned-leopard-wild-not-pets/

Maybe you have, at one time or another, looked at a picture of a beautiful wild cat and thought, wouldn’t it be incredible to own such an incredible animals? But – hopefully – you never considered something like that seriously.

02/01/2017

The BBC’s research uncovered a notorious West African hub for wildlife trafficking, known as the “blue room”, and led to the rescue of a one-year-old chimp. :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5e8c4bac-c236-4cd9-bacc-db96d733f6cf

A secret network of traffickers selling baby chimps is exposed by the BBC

01/31/2017

A plan to prohibit state residents from keeping the exotic animals as pets.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article129467464.html =cpy

People who keep big cats, apes and non-native bears at their homes face a barrage of new regulations that officials say would eventually rid the state of the exotic pets.

11/17/2016

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https://br.noticias.yahoo.com/confira-os-14-animais-que-podem-estar-extintos-at%C3%A9-105624766.html

Quase 60% dos animais que têm espinha dorsal (peixes, aves, anfíbios, répteis e mamíferos) foram extintos desde 1970 por excessos humanos, de acordo com um estudo divulgado pelo Living Planet.

11/17/2016

The Wildlife Research and Conservation Centre (WRCC) and Cuc Phuong National Park have recently successfully released 46 Javan pangolins into the wild.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/167053/rare-animal-released-into-wild.html

10/03/2016

Pangolins, native to Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, are believed to be the most trafficked animals in the world. Their scales are a common ingredient in traditional Asian medicines, and their meat is considered a luxury food in many cultures.

http://mashable.com/2016/10/02/pangolins-protected-status/?utm_content=feature_title&utm_sid=553a93df897e2cbc392689f0&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily&utm_source=newsletter&utm_cid=mash-prod-email-topstories&utm_emailalert=daily

Pangolins are the world's most trafficked animal.

04/11/2016

Good news! :3

http://mashable.com/2016/04/10/world-tiger-count/?utm_content=feature_img&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily&utm_source=newsletter&utm_cid=mash-prod-email-topstories&utm_emailalert=daily

An important milestone for the world's wild tiger population.

01/26/2016

http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/01/21/pangolin-most-trafficked-mammal-sutter-intv.cnn

CNN's John Sutter talks about the Pangolin, a scale-covered mammal that is trafficked in Southeas Asia.

12/17/2015

Wild animals need a safe place to live, and they need protection from cruelty.

http://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2015/12/wildlife-gains-in-2015-stepping-up-the-battle-against-wildlife-trafficking-trophy-hunting-of-rare-species.html

The threats that wildlife face are extraordinary, but no group brings the kind of focus and energy to wildlife protection that The HSUS and its affiliates do. In 2015, we witnessed the beginning of the end for elephants in circuses, a globalizing of the campaign against wildlife trafficking, and a w…