Wildlife trade in Brazil: A closer look at wild pets welfare issues
Wild animals have been kept as pets for centuries, in Brazil companionship is one of the main reasons why wild species are legally bred and traded. This paper is an attempt to call the attention for problems concerning the welfare of wild pets involved in the trading system in Brazil. Some issues pr...
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| description | Wild animals have been kept as pets for centuries, in Brazil companionship is one of the main reasons why wild species are legally bred and traded. This paper is an attempt to call the attention for problems concerning the welfare of wild pets involved in the trading system in Brazil. Some issues presented are: a) the significant increase in the number of wildlife breeders and traders and the difficulties faced by of the Brazilian government in controlling this activity; b) the main welfare issues faced by breeders and owners of wild pets; and c) the destination of wild pets no longer wanted. Finally, some recommendations are made having the welfare of the animals as a priority. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c33dcd392a842eaae2d9ea4eae76ea62025-08-19T19:14:45ZengInstituto Internacional de EcologiaBrazilian Journal of Biology1678-437574112412710.1590/1519-6984.18912S1519-69842014000100015Wildlife trade in Brazil: A closer look at wild pets welfare issuesVV KuhnenVT KanaanWild animals have been kept as pets for centuries, in Brazil companionship is one of the main reasons why wild species are legally bred and traded. This paper is an attempt to call the attention for problems concerning the welfare of wild pets involved in the trading system in Brazil. Some issues presented are: a) the significant increase in the number of wildlife breeders and traders and the difficulties faced by of the Brazilian government in controlling this activity; b) the main welfare issues faced by breeders and owners of wild pets; and c) the destination of wild pets no longer wanted. Finally, some recommendations are made having the welfare of the animals as a priority.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842014000100015&lng=en&tlng=enwell-beingcaptivitywild petswildlife tradewildlife breeding |
| spellingShingle | VV Kuhnen VT Kanaan Wildlife trade in Brazil: A closer look at wild pets welfare issues well-being captivity wild pets wildlife trade wildlife breeding |
| title | Wildlife trade in Brazil: A closer look at wild pets welfare issues |
| title_full | Wildlife trade in Brazil: A closer look at wild pets welfare issues |
| title_fullStr | Wildlife trade in Brazil: A closer look at wild pets welfare issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wildlife trade in Brazil: A closer look at wild pets welfare issues |
| title_short | Wildlife trade in Brazil: A closer look at wild pets welfare issues |
| title_sort | wildlife trade in brazil a closer look at wild pets welfare issues |
| topic | well-being captivity wild pets wildlife trade wildlife breeding |
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