The exotic pet trend is growing globally and setting off alarm bells among wildlife conservation experts. An exotic pet’s journey often starts with being captured in a remote jungle and ends in a U.S.

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A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet ...

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Every year, birds, reptiles and thousands more exotic animals are brought into the European Union. The vast majority of them ...

The growing exotic pet trade drives illegal sales online and a push for tighter rules A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds ...