On August 19-23, 2020, the 23rd Pet Show Asia was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. On the 21st, a big V named "@World Animal Protection Association" tweeted: "This is a scene of the Asian Pet Show that opened in Shanghai on August 19, which is shocking! Live wild animals are being sold in plastic boxes! Basic animal welfare is difficult to guarantee, there is a risk of zoonotic diseases in close contact between humans and wild animals, and abandonment and escape can also trigger an ecological crisis. The Weibo big V also distributed four photos in which the juveniles of suspected snakes, lizards and even pangolins were displayed in plastic boxes.
△ Weibo big V posted that "wild animals are sold at the Shanghai Asia Pet Show".
Does anyone dare to sell wild animals now?
The reporter of the Shanghai Rumor Dispelling Platform learned from the organizers of the 23rd Asian Pet Exhibition that all the animals on display are artificially farmed, so please rest assured. The organizer also issued a certificate of the source of the exhibitors to the reporter: Shen Mou, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, purchased from Shandong Wanhe Animal Breeding Co., Ltd. on November 20, 2019: 40 eyelash shougong (that is, geckos), 10 giant shougong, 10 gaigou ya shougong, and 10 corn snakes, confirming that the above animals are only for personal pet breeding. The organizer also said that the climbing pet is put into the box during transportation in order to reduce stress and prevent bumps, and the climbing pet will be more comfortable in such a space.
△The certificate of the source of the exhibitor issued by the organizer of the 23rd Asian Pet Show.
In the "Directory of Wild Animals under National Key Protection" and the "Directory of Wild Animals under Key Protection in Shanghai", the reporter did not find the above animals. The reporter learned from the Municipal Forestry Bureau, the competent department of wildlife, that terrestrial wild animals that are not included in the list of protected animals of the state and Shanghai do not require relevant permits for artificial breeding and breeding. At present, for wild animals, the market supervision department is mainly cracking down on cases of illegal trade in wild animals, such as investigating and punishing protected animals on the list of illegal trade, and investigating and punishing wild animals for food purposes. Non-protected wild animals are kept as pets, and the regulations do not prohibit it.
So, do captive reptile pets transmit diseases?
According to the official website of Reptilia Zoo, Canada's largest reptile conservation center, artificially bred leopard print palaces do not carry diseases that infect humans. The problem with Salmonella also does not exist, as leopard-printed palaces grow in dry environments, while Salmonella only appears in aquatic or hemihydrological species raised in unsanitary environments.
In recent years, leopard-print mortuary palaces have become one of the popular lizard pets, which are easy to breed in captivity, so that almost all of the individuals sold on the market today are artificially bred rather than wild-caught. In addition, the corn snake is not poisonous, is an ornamental pet snake, and is one of the main species in the climbing pet market.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Mao Jinwei Text Editor: Bai Lu Title Image Source: Organizer Provided Photo Editor: Shao Jing
Source: Author: Bai Lu