Exotic Pet Trade Risk Reduction Strategies
In my past 4 blogs I have explored Australia’s involvement, both legal and illegal, in the global Exotic Pet Trade (EPT). The world’s desire for exotic pets is only growing and as previously highlighted, “the scale of trade for the EPT is enormous around the world. In the years 1996-2012 it is thought that 18.8 million CITES listed reptiles were imported into the EU – an astounding figure when you consider that 75% of reptiles are not listed on CITES. While the US alone is thought to import more than 11 million aquarium fish annually representing more than 2300 species.” Warwick et al suggest that potentially 13,000 species are traded in the global EPT. Australia plays a hand [...]