Frontiers in Animal Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5

Published: April 30, 2024

Reptile expos are typically itinerant events at which live wild-caught and/or captive-bred turtles, tortoises, crocodiles, lizards, and snakes displayed, sold, or exchanged for pet keeping purposes. We conducted a literature review analysis of reports regarding animal welfare public health issues concern associated with the display sale reptiles in Europe North America. also limited survey several relevant government authorities to briefly appraise existing situations governance law internationally, performed further examination online advertisements order estimate number events. In addition, we an comparing husbandry standards reptile versus other using UK formal legal guidance, adopts Five Welfare Needs as basis. Finally, SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) key features expos. identified least 10 5 safety problems occurring endemic typical operation Comparisons between ways regarded managed relation to, example, traditional zoos, mobile sales stark concerning, constituting protective potentially most harmful out all captive reptile-keeping scenarios. The lack monitoring control expos, combined their frequent occurrence, strongly indicates requirement urgently prohibit these recommend that where already essentially prohibited such bans should be immutable not subject any weakening provisions. Where permitted limiting conditions, then our recommended 40 stipulations overarching principles applied interim mitigating measures pending introduction prohibitions ‘bans’. Governments aim ensure enforcement is robust.

Language: Английский