International collaboration is also improving, with countries sharing data to identify and stop potentially ... wildlife trade requires stronger regulation — and animal smuggling harms both ...

It is unclear how many shops will stop selling the animals. A Pets at Home spokesman said: 'We have identified a small percentage of cases of infection in our guinea pig population resulting from ...

They were bottle-fed and socialized by animal care teams for a year and a half. Now, their new caretakers at the Brookfield Zoo are sharing their story to highlight the illegal exotic pet trade ...

Habitat loss also has taken a toll, as has poaching for traditional Asian medicine, which ascribes therapeutic properties to the animals’ body parts. An ongoing pet trade “would really push ...

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Sales of wild animals in Tijuana are increasing in spite of efforts to stop them, says Frank Ortiz González, director of Mexico’s Animal Rights Lawyers Association.

“All you need is a social media account and a bit of money. Once animals end up in the illegal pet trade, the odds of them being mistreated and malnourished are high. As more and more imperiled ...