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International Trade in Wild-Caught Reptiles by James M. Green
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Brief Introduction to the International Trade in Wild-Caught Reptiles

Summary of Reptile Biology and Physiology

Researchers

Detailed Discussion of the International Trade in Wild-Caught Reptiles

Click here for Illinois' Animal Welfare Act, Section 18.1 - a law that mandates that pet shops must display a notice in the store with safe reptile-handling practices (including a warning that reptiles often carry salmonella bacteria and should not be kissed or nuzzled or stored in a kitchen area).

Table of Statutes dealing generally with reptiles

Table of Cases dealing generally with reptiles


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Web Center Links:

Topic Page on the Endangered Species Act

Topic Page on CITES

Topic Page on the Lacey Act

Outside Resources:

Humane Society of the United States’ statement on whether wild animals should be kept as pets – see http://www.hsus.org/pets/issues_affecting_our_pets/should_wild_animals_be_kept_as_pets.html

Humane Society of the United States – Statement on the Live Reptile Trade – http://www.hsus.org/wildlife/issues_facing_wildlife/wildlife_trade/live_reptile_trade/

For a bibliography about the illegal wildlife trade in general, see

http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/naturalist_center/biblio/wildlifetrade.htm

 

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