Chains of Commerce: A Comprehensive Review of Animal Welfare Impacts in the International Wildlife Trade DOI Creative Commons
Helen Lambert, Angie Elwin, Délagnon Assou

et al.

Animals, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(7), P. 971 - 971

Published: March 27, 2025

The commercial wildlife trade involves billions of animals each year, consumed for various purposes, including food, fashion, entertainment, traditional medicine, and pets. experiences the involved vary widely, with negative welfare states being commonplace. To highlight broad scope animal impacts across trade, we present ten case studies featuring a range species traded globally different purposes: (1) Ball pythons captured farmed to serve as pets; (2) Zebrafish captive bred (3) African Grey Parrots taken from wild pet industry; (4) Sharks de-finned medicine; (5) Pangolins hunted (6) Crickets food feed; (7) Frogs wild-caught frog-leg trade; (8) Crocodilians killed their skins; (9) Lions tourism; (10) Elephants held tourism. demonstrate that commercially can suffer ranging chronic stress depression frustration extreme hunger. individuals hundreds billions, suffering last lifetime. Given issues identified growing recognition scientific evidence sentience, propose reducing redirecting consumer demand these consumptive practices negatively impact animals.

Language: Английский

Working time and animal shelter save rates in the United States DOI Creative Commons
Michael D. Briscoe

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Language: Английский

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Chains of Commerce: A Comprehensive Review of Animal Welfare Impacts in the International Wildlife Trade DOI Creative Commons
Helen Lambert, Angie Elwin, Délagnon Assou

et al.

Animals, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(7), P. 971 - 971

Published: March 27, 2025

The commercial wildlife trade involves billions of animals each year, consumed for various purposes, including food, fashion, entertainment, traditional medicine, and pets. experiences the involved vary widely, with negative welfare states being commonplace. To highlight broad scope animal impacts across trade, we present ten case studies featuring a range species traded globally different purposes: (1) Ball pythons captured farmed to serve as pets; (2) Zebrafish captive bred (3) African Grey Parrots taken from wild pet industry; (4) Sharks de-finned medicine; (5) Pangolins hunted (6) Crickets food feed; (7) Frogs wild-caught frog-leg trade; (8) Crocodilians killed their skins; (9) Lions tourism; (10) Elephants held tourism. demonstrate that commercially can suffer ranging chronic stress depression frustration extreme hunger. individuals hundreds billions, suffering last lifetime. Given issues identified growing recognition scientific evidence sentience, propose reducing redirecting consumer demand these consumptive practices negatively impact animals.

Language: Английский

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0