Exotic pet ownership in the UK has grown 60% since 2000, according to the wildlife charity Born Free. But escaped wild animals are also a growing concern for their potential to spread disease, and the impact an invasive species might have on nature. The Guardian visits BeastWatch, an organisation of volunteers that specialises in the safe retrieval of exotic pets, and Bristol Zoo to see how wild animals are kept in captivity and ask if new laws can address some of the issues
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COVID vax given to primates ??! Didn’t know that..
The government of Qatar should stop inciting hatred and contempt for homosexuals. It is not enough to allow the rainbow flag to be raised in stadiums. Rather, they should abolish the prison sentence for homosexuals. If the authorities do not respond, FIFA must transfer the competition to Britain, where all the infrastructure is ready and respect the rights of homosexuals and transgender people.
Plz save ANIMALS
I go to the Florida reptile shows and buy any cheap snake I can get. Then I release them in the Everglades.
With EVERYTHING that threatens human survival, THIS NONSENSICAL DISTRACTION is what you manipulate people to focus on?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?
Gain of function is
Humans the worst animals on the planet.
As a philozoist, I warn all animals, wild or domesticated, to avoid any contact with great apes of the sapiens strain.
I've been trying to get one of them pet monkey orangutangs for ages after watching that Clint Eastwood movie. Can't get them anywhere. Any idea who sells them??
Florida has a lot of escaped pets impacting the environment in a negative way… especially the large snakes!
Cats do far more damage to numerous species than any other animal yet exotic pet owners are constantly blamed.
Our downfall is growing antibiotic resistance due to factory farming (poor conditions = disease, plus antibiotics speed up growth = profits). Pandemics will keep coming, also in large part due to factory farming but they are nothing compared to losing things like penicillin.
Stop the spread of wild animals