Sourcing Extotic Animals

Question 1

What is convention of international trade in endangered species?

Answer 1

• Is an international agreement between government.
• its aim is to make sure trading does not effect wild animals and plants do not threaten the survival of them.

Question 2

What are a the different types of pet trading?

Answer 2

W- wild caught
C- captive bred
F- captive born/ hatched
I- confiscation/ seizures
O- pre convention
R- ranched
U- source unknown
X- specimens taken from a marine environment under no state jurisdiction

Question 3

What is class A of animal dealers?

Answer 3

Dealers who maintain their own breeding colonies

Question 4

What is class B in animal dealer?

Answer 4

Dealers who obtain animals through “random sources”

Question 5

What does sources mean?

Answer 5

The place that an animal has been taken from.

Question 6

What does origin mean?

Answer 6

This is the place the animals originates from, this is their natural habitat. Which occurs with no human interventions.

Question 7

What is an exemplar species?

Answer 7

An exemplar species is a species that serves as a typical or standard example of the group.

For example a leopard geckos in the pet traded.

Question 8

What is CITES ?

Answer 8

convention of international trade in endangered species