Exotic plants and animals: the illegal wildlife trade happening right under your nose

There is increasing interest in owning wild and exotic animals and the internet is able to serve up whatever your heart desires, even if importing these animals is illegal.

In this episode of Eco Futurists I speak with Prof Phill Cassey and PhD student Charlotte Lassaline both from the School of Biological Sciences as well as from the Invasion Science and Wildlife Ecology Group at the University of Adelaide.

We examine what it’s going to take to conserve and recover ecosystems in a world where wildlife is being traded not only in secret corners of the internet, but often right in front of our eyes.

Eco Futurists is supported by the Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide.

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School of Biological Sciences University of Adelaide
Invasion Science and Wildlife Ecology Group University of Adelaide

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