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Fauna Friends KOOROO'S WORLD strives to stop the illegal trade of wild animals captured in the Amazon rainforest with the intent to fulfill the demand for exotic pets.

KOOROO'S WORLD tem como objetivo combater o comércio ilegal dos animais selvagens capturados na floresta Amazônica para serem vendidos como animais de estimação nos EUA.

02/21/2017

Think twice!

The exotic animal trade is a multi-billion dollar industry, and the US is the world’s leading importer. While the US gov...
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.

Wild cats are not the same as domestic cats that take on the role of our little friends so well. It seems obvious, but f...
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.

A plan to prohibit state residents from keeping the exotic animals as pets.Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/news/...
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.

Pangolins, native to Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, are believed to be the most trafficked animals in the world. Their sca...
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.

Wild animals need a safe place to live, and they need protection from cruelty.http://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2015/1...
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…

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