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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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Biology
Main Authors:	VV Kuhnen, VT Kanaan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Subjects:	well-being captivity wild pets wildlife trade wildlife breeding
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842014000100015&lng=en&tlng=en

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