Reptile expos: an analysis and recommendations for control
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
Report on the First Global Amphibian and Reptile Disease (GARD) Conference 2022
Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
33(2)
Published: June 16, 2023
The
first
Global
Amphibian
and
Reptile
Disease
Conference
took
place
4–10
August
2022
in
Knoxville,
Tennessee,
USA.
More
than
230
professionals
from
25
countries
on
6
continents
discussed
the
most
important
pathogens
amphibians
reptiles
a
combined
in-person
virtual
conference
that
included
8
keynotes,
5
focal
talks,
105
oral
presentations,
31
poster
presentations
as
well
workshops
4
field
trips.
In
total,
over
15
were
discussed.
largest
number
of
talks
chytrid
fungi
(Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis
Batrachochytrium
salamandrivorans)
amphibians,
ranaviruses
reptiles,
snake
fungus
Ophidiomyces
ophidiicola,
emerging
pentastomid
Raillietiella
orientalis.
Language: Английский