RSPCA & Exotic PetsHistory / work of the RSPCA Exotic pets: welfare issues Exotic cruelty cases...
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RSPCA INSPECTOR GRAEME PETTY RSPCA & Exotic Pets
Transcript of RSPCA & Exotic PetsHistory / work of the RSPCA Exotic pets: welfare issues Exotic cruelty cases...
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RSPCA INSPECTOR GRAEME PETTY
RSPCA & Exotic Pets
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Contents
Introduction
History / work of the RSPCA
Exotic pets: welfare issues
Exotic cruelty cases
Exotic mammals
The way forward
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FOUNDED IN
1824
1927 – 8 INSPECTORS
2014 – NOT ENOUGH INSPECTORS
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SOME OF
THE
MANY SPECIES KEPT
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WELFARE ISSUES
•Lack of knowledge about the
species
• Access to reliable advice
• Impulse buying
• Access to specialist vets
• Animals sold with no
information
• Unregulated online trade
• Wild caught still imported for
trade
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WHY THE RISE IN KEEPING
EXOTIC PETS?
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DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS ACT 1976
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The silent forgotten
animal in the corner
of the room!
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EXOTIC MAMMALS
AS PETS
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THE WAY FORWARD
REGULATE
TRADE
CARE
SHEETS
RESPONSIBLE
OWNERSHIPEND TRADE IN
WILD CAUGHT
EXOTIC
VETS
WORKING
TOGETHER
