Prince William hails 'unprecedented feat' that thwarted massive trafficking of lemurs and tortoises for the illegal pet trade ...

In 2021, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission enacted a slew of new prohibited species rules that essentially banned collecting live wild green iguanas in Florida for the pet trade, a ...

The keeping of snakes and reptiles as pets is a growing trend in the US and elsewhere, involving the removal of thousands of these animals from the wild. Difficult-to-control illegal trade, in ...

Many are shelling out lakhs of rupees to buy iguanas ... issues permits for such pets after checks, has not been effective in curbing it. The illegal wildlife trade also has larger ramifications ...

In some parts of Florida, with cold weather comes a falling not of snow, but of 'frozen' iguanas stunned by the cold ...

Reptiles such as turtles ... rare animals being kept as exotic pets. Japan is seen as a particularly large market, but the realities of illegal trade remain unclear. Traffic studied cases of ...

A French man was arrested for allegedly owning baby macaques as pets ... for the illegal wildlife trade due to its strategic location and extensive border crossings. Exotic birds, reptiles ...