pet trade
Selling companion animals
The pet trade is the commercial buying and selling of animals kept as companions.
It encompasses everything from puppy mills and exotic bird importers to neighborhood pet shops and online reptile breeders.
The term often carries negative connotations, implying commodification of animals or questionable sourcing: The illegal pet trade threatens wild parrot populations.
Also called the pet industry when emphasizing its economic scale.
- dogsDomesticated barking mammals
- catsSmall domesticated felines
- fur babyPet as family member
- breedersThose who propagate stock
- backyard breederCasual, unethical pet producer
species · animal welfare · animal cruelty · rescue organizations · online marketplaces · quarantine protocols · reptiles · CITES · endangered · wildlife trafficking · puppy mills · animal shelter · exotic animals · habitat destruction · birds · therapy animals · conservation efforts · black market
- extinction threatshabitat loss, climate change, poaching, overhunting, invasive species
- wildlife tradewildlife trafficking, poaching, rhino horn, shark fins, bushmeat
- pet keepingcats, dogs, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs
- environmental threatshabitat loss, deforestation, pollution, climate change, invasive species
- invertebrate petstarantula, hermit crab, praying mantis, emperor scorpion, scorpion
- Pet Historydomestication, dog breeds, cat breeds
pet tradewildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
animal liberation · wildlife protection · habitat preservation · rewilding · wildlife sanctuaries
pet tradewildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
habitat restoration · conservation biology · reintroduction programs