LAUNCH OF WILDLIFE PETS REPORT
19TH February 

Humans have been sharing their homes with domesticated animals for millennia. But a darker side of the pet trade has exploded in recent times: exotic pets, and the cruelty that is inevitable in the poaching, breeding, trade and ownership of wild animals.

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History shows us that exotic pets have been around for thousands of years. But what was once a relatively small scale, elite operation is no longer. Today, these animals are caught up in a multibillion-dollar global industry. The value of the trade globally stands at $30-42 Billion USD, and $20 billion of that is estimated to be generated from the illegal trade