A number of organisations, both in the UK and further afield, have now produced reports calling for tighter legislation or outright bans on reptile importation and, in some cases, the keeping of any reptiles, wild-caught or captive-bred. To find out more about the reports & for further details follow the links below.. If you want to find out what you can do to redress the balance. >>CLICK HERE
MORBITITY & MORTALITY IN PRIVATE HUSBANDRY OF REPTILES
A report by Pro Wildlife to the RSPCA .... Published May 2000 122 pages. Contents of Report >> REPORT INDEX >> FBH PRESS RELEASE
EXOTIC ANIMALS Thousands of vulnerable wild-caught reptiles are dying from bone disease and severe digestive disorders like anorexia, a shocking new RSPCA report has revealed. The Society is hoping these new findings will force the EU to act and is calling for the import of the most vulnerable species such as chameleons, some snakes, crocodilians and certain species of lizard, into the EU to be banned ... >> FULL REPORT
FAR FROM HOME The RSPCA is calling for tighter controls on the sale and ownership of dangerous wild animals ... >> FULL REPORT>> FBH PRESS RELEASE
TORTOISE TRADE The RSPCA has revealed evidence of a cruel and thriving trade in protected tortoises, despite international controls to stamp it out. >>FULL REPORT
SHELL SHOCK It is now illegal in the UK to import or sell live wild-caught protected species of tortoises or products made from them without a permit for commercial purposes. Breeders can sell only captive animals bred from parental stock in their care. New-born animals must be identified with a microdot and adults with a microchip or other appropriate method .... >>FULL REPORT
DANGEROUS WILD AND OUT THERE
Dangerous wild animals kept as pets in England and Wales are being failed by the legislation designed to protect them and the public, says the RSPCA in a report* to the government today..... >>FULL REPORT
REPTILES AS PETS The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) released a press release asking for a ban of all import, export, and ownership of reptiles as pets. >> FULL REPORT >>E-Petition against the HSUS report
IFAW EXOTIC ANIMALS AS PETS This handbook explains the difficulties associated with keeping amphibians and reptiles as exotic pets, and the impact that the exotic pet trade has on individual animals
and their wild populations. >>FULL REPORT
REPTILE FAYRES During the year CAPS has been working alongside Animal Aid - who like CAPS are a peaceful organisation - in campaigning against reptile fayres. Together we have achieved several victories where fayres were stopped from going ahead, including events planned in Stockport and Walsall >>MORE
REPTILES IN ZOOS There are lots of behavioural and psychological problems in reptiles as a result of captivity. Many zoos try to deny they have problems, but this is typically because they know little about the subject and don't take it seriously enough. Signs of abnormal behaviourand psychological stress in reptiles are found in all zoos. >>MORE
