Pet Trade Taking Toll on Southeast Asia
Critter News
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife trafficking asia pet trade.
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Animal Release in Asia
Critter News
MAY 10, 2010
Here's an interesting perspective on the practice of some religious groups' (such as Buddhist monks') practice of purchasing birds from pet stores and then releasing them. Tags: birds buddhism wildlife asia. This writer contends that the birds are not suited to the wild and actually end up starving or being eaten by cats.
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