While the global live animal trade isn’t a focus for the farm animal welfare movement in North America, where exports are relatively less common and tend to occur by land rather than sea, ...

While the commercial trade of Asiatic lions, which are listed on Appendix I of CITES, isn’t permitted, African lions can be traded legally with permits — both as live individuals and body ...

Global trade in wild animals is soaring—South Africa's laws aren't doing enough to prevent harm. ... Over 3.1 million live wild animals were legally exported for commercial purposes between 2014 ...

The latest available data from the FWS shows that from 2015-2019, nearly 50,000 live plants and animals were seized or abandoned in the U.S. over that four year period — an average of about 27 ...

They're a popular pet here and overseas, according to one Australian hermit crab business. But as it seeks a new permit to ...

SCORES of deadly wild animals, including lions, crocodiles and venomous snakes, are being kept as pets by Brits in their ...

In November 2024, after a positive detection of NWS in southern Mexico, USDA shut down the border for live animal trade. In February 2025, ...

Since then, the network has helped place almost 4,000 animals. Some live wildlife is confiscated in very large numbers, like corals and clams, which are part of the predominant aquatic ...

The first recent case was reported in Mexico in November 2024, and, that same month, USDA shut down the border for live animal trade. In February 2025, ...

Lethargic chickens with swollen heads or cattle with maggots burrowing into their flesh — these are effects of diseases that have been disrupting global trade. Outbreaks of animal diseases ...

This is not the first time in recent memory that the border has closed to live animal trade. A similar shutdown happened in November when screwworms were detected in southern Mexico.

While most of the trade is legal in these products, there’s also illegal trade observed in the bone, claw and teeth trade. Number of CITES permits issued for various lion parts and live ...