Feral cats threatening endangered species on Kangaroo Island after bushfires | ABC News 「山火事の後にカンガルー島で絶滅危惧種を脅かしているす野良猫| オーストラリアABCニュース」 2020年9月13日
For more than 20 years, Barry Green — known as the "KI cat man" — has made it his mission to rid the island of feral cats. He has trapped, killed and skinned about 1,500 feral cats. "I've spent a lot of money chasing cats around the island," Mr Green said.
Why Is It So Easy To Buy A Tiger? | Mashable Explains 「なぜアメリカ合衆国ではトラを簡単に買うことができるのですか?|マシャブル氏の説明」 2020年4月19日
In different parts of the United States, you can get bears, chimpanzees, snakes, elephants, giraffes, and it’s totally legal. We take a look at exotic animal laws in the U.S. to understand private ownership of wild animals.
One big question many are left with is how are those people allowed to own those animals in the first places. Some are endangered species most are extremely dangerous. The fact is that the exotic animal trade is a multi-billion dollar industry and it's Not limited just to big cats In different parts of the United States. You can get bears chimpanzees snakes elephants giraffes and its totally legaly. The few federal laws regulating the possession of exotic animals including the Endangered Species Act the Lacey Act do not regulate private ownershop and they're mainly focused on regulating. The inpact and export of wild animals into the country there are also different laws depending on state city and county ordinances where in some might ban the sossesstion of exotic animals others might only a basic permit. Florida classifies. Class one animals cannot be pets due to the dangers involved while. Class two animals can be obtained with a permit for personal use. Both class one and two animals permit and licence require additional standards like caging and veterinary requirements. Class three animals can be obtained as pets by applying for apermit and filling out a questionnaire. Additionlly all the classfied animals along with venomous reptiles reqire a licence to capture possess or exhibit. These licence and permit are pretty easy to get in spite of the different regulations. Some people have been able to side step the few existing laws by labeling thir exotic pets as more support animals or by becoming licensed breedres or exhibitors and ofcouse people often by animals and less restrictive states and illgally transport them to their more resrricive home states and if youre wondering where those poeple even get the wild animals in the first place. Well apart from directly obtaining them from poachers traffickers breedres zoo owners and so on. The avvent of online shopping has really opened, the door to exotic animal ownershop. A quick Google search will give you websites exotic animals for sale.
How to Own a Tiger - EPIC HOW TO 「トラの飼い主になる方法」 2015年6月5日 「米国ではネヴァダ州などではほぼ自由にトラをペットとして飼うことができる。トラの仔の価格は数千ドルだが、適正に飼育するには多額のコストがかかる。アメリカでは1990年から2011年の間にペットのトラに殺された人が21人いる」。もちろんトラなどのエキゾチックペットの飼育を皮肉る動画。
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EXOTIC WILD CATS Home Of Exotics(2021年7月8日アクセス) アメリカ合衆国にある、ネコ科のエキゾチックアニマルを個人所有のペットとして販売しているサイト。幼齢のトラが1300ドルの価格で出ています。これはニセサイトではありません。
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・Cub Tiger or Lion sale $ 「幼体 トラ または ライオン 販売(対象国:アメリカ)」の検索結果 〜 トラやライオン、チーター、マヌルネコなどの幼体が、多数のオンラインショップで数千ドルで販売されています。
The U.S. imported 3.24 billion live animals from 2000 to 2014, according to a 2020 paper in Scientific Data. Paperwork for the shipments indicate that about half came from the wild and nearly all were intended for commercial purposes, most likely the pet trade, according to the study authors. As the biggest importer in the world of wild animals for pets, the U.S. ought to set the bar for standards of humane treatment in the exotic pet trade, but so far, it’s failing. The same of the European Union, which imports almost as many exotic animals as the U.S. Weak regulations, few wildlife inspectors, and the difficulty of prosecuting cases mean violators are likely to go unpunished.
It's a $15 billion dollar business in the United States alone, with breeders and dealers selling animals over the Internet or in trade magazines. The illegal trade in wildlife is second only to that of drugs in the United States, according to the U.S. These cold blooded animals fascinate many people, which is why they can always be found in pet stores. Hundreds of species of snakes, including boa constrictors, anacondas, and other large snakes are shipped into the U.S. every year. The WWF estimates there are 5,000 tigers being kept in U.S. backyards … there are only around 3,000 left in the wild. Other organisations have estimated a pet primate population of 4-5,000 kept in the UK and 4,825 licensed Dangerous Wild Animals, which is likely to be a significant under-estimate of the actual population. Schiphol airport in the Netherlands is one of the largest European airports and is considered a main hub for legal and illegal import of exotic animals. Keeping exotic pets, such as reptiles and amphibians, has become increasingly popular over the past two decades but the trend has spawned an enormous illegal trade, the New York Times reported Monday. The exotic pet trade is still a booming business. Across the U.S., millions of exotic animals – including lions, tigers, cougars, wolves, bears, monkeys, alligators, birds, and venomous snakes – are bred, bought, and sold for private possession. Today, exotic pets are even bigger business.
Pet ownership is on the rise in the United States, with dogs leading the way and large increases in the number of less traditional pets like poultry and lizards, according to recently released data from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). More than 13 percent of U.S. households owned a specialty or exotic pet at year-end 2016, a 25 percent increase from 2011.
全米獣医師会(American Veterinary Medical Association(AVMA))から最近発表されたデータによると、ペットを飼っている世帯はアメリカ合衆国で増加しており犬が増えているものの、鑑賞鳥(オウムなど)やトカゲなどの従来あまりなかったペットの数が大幅に増加しています。 2016年末現在アメリカの世帯の13%以上が特殊なペットまたはエキゾチックペットを飼っていて、2011年から25%増加しています。
Reticulated Python, The Best Pet Snake? 「アミメニシキヘビはペットとして最高のヘビですか?」 2021年5月22日 「アミメニシキヘビは人を捕食することもあると知られています。しかし犬猫による人身事故発生数よりはるかに少ないのです。ですからアミメニシキヘビは安全で、ペットに最良のヘビです」というアメリカ人。もうむちゃくちゃ。アメリカはこのようなペットでも、飼育の届出や飼養基準を規制する連邦法令はありません。多くの州でも、州法令すらありません。届出なしに自由に飼えるのです。
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Pet FREAKIN' Tigers! 「ひどい飼育状態のペットのトラ」 2014年8月10日 「アメリカでは、半数以上の州でペットとしてトラを飼うことができます」。日本は動物愛護管理法で特定動物(トラなど)の、愛玩目的の飼育を禁じました。日本のほうがよほど規制が厳しいです。杉本彩氏「スナネコなどのエキゾチックアニマルの飼育ができる日本は規制がゆるい」というバカッぷり。アメリカはスナネコどころではない。
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Examining A Feisty Pet Tiger Found Wandering The Streets! | The Vet Life 「街中の通りを元気に徘徊していたところを発見されたトラと調べる!獣医の生活」 2018年11月14日
MY NEW PET TIGER !!! 「私の新しいペットのトラ」 2017年8月29日 動画投稿者はドバイの富裕層です。北米EUは、まだエキゾチックペットの法規制法令はある方でしょう。それ以外の中進国、非民主国家は多くは無法地帯です。最近は中国の富裕層がエキゾチックアニマルを求めるようになりました。
In the last decade alone, billions of individuals comprising thousands of animal species were traded annually, fuelling a multibillion-dollar global industry. This rapidly increasing demand for pets has been driven by the easy access provided by the internet and, increasingly, people who are looking for ‘something different’ — nontraditional or ‘exotic’ pets. Source: Invasiveness is linked to greater commercial success in the global pet trade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 22 March 2021
過去10年間だけでも、数千の動物種からなる数十億個体の(エキゾチックアニマルの生体)が毎年取引され、数十億ドル規模の世界的な産業に活気を与え続けています。 急速に増加するエキゾチックペットの需要は、インターネットが提供する安易な購入と、さらに「人とは違う」、非伝統的か、「外国産の」なペットを探している人々によって推められてきました。 出典:外来種の侵略は、世界のペット取引における商業的成功の拡大に関係しています。 アメリカ合衆国科学アカデミー紀要(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) 2021年3月22日
It's a $15 billion dollar business in the United States alone, with breeders and dealers selling animals over the Internet or in trade magazines. The illegal trade in wildlife is second only to that of drugs in the United States, according to the U.S. These cold blooded animals fascinate many people, which is why they can always be found in pet stores. Hundreds of species of snakes, including boa constrictors, anacondas, and other large snakes are shipped into the U.S. every year. The WWF estimates there are 5,000 tigers being kept in U.S. backyards … there are only around 3,000 left in the wild. Other organisations have estimated a pet primate population of 4-5,000 kept in the UK and 4,825 licensed Dangerous Wild Animals, which is likely to be a significant under-estimate of the actual population. Schiphol airport in the Netherlands is one of the largest European airports and is considered a main hub for legal and illegal import of exotic animals. Keeping exotic pets, such as reptiles and amphibians, has become increasingly popular over the past two decades but the trend has spawned an enormous illegal trade, the New York Times reported Monday. The exotic pet trade is still a booming business. Across the U.S., millions of exotic animals – including lions, tigers, cougars, wolves, bears, monkeys, alligators, birds, and venomous snakes – are bred, bought, and sold for private possession. Today, exotic pets are even bigger business.
Pet ownership is on the rise in the United States, with dogs leading the way and large increases in the number of less traditional pets like poultry and lizards, according to recently released data from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). More than 13 percent of U.S. households owned a specialty or exotic pet at year-end 2016, a 25 percent increase from 2011.
全米獣医師会(American Veterinary Medical Association(AVMA))から最近発表されたデータによると、ペットを飼っている世帯はアメリカ合衆国で増加しており犬が増えているものの、鑑賞鳥(オウムなど)やトカゲなどの従来あまりなかったペットの数が大幅に増加しています。 2016年末現在アメリカの世帯の13%以上が特殊なペットまたはエキゾチックペットを飼っていて、2011年から25%増加しています。