wildlife trade
Selling exotic creatures
Wildlife trade is the commerce in wild animals and plants, whether live specimens or derived products like ivory, pelts, and traditional medicines.
The trade ranges from legal and regulated—exotic pets, ornamental plants—to illegal poaching that threatens endangered species.
International efforts to curb the illegal wildlife trade have had limited success.
The term often carries conservationist concern about exploitation and extinction.
- bushmeatHunted tropical wildlife flesh
- exotic petsUncommon domesticated animals
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- black marketIllicit trading system
CITES · pangolins · permits · conservation laws · biodiversity loss · elephants · endangered species · species extinction · rhinos · enforcement agencies · indigenous practices · wet markets · sharks · parrots · traditional medicine · captive breeding · turtles · snares
- black marketblack market, smugglers, contraband, traffickers, bootleggers
- wildlife sciencezoology, ecology, conservation, animal behavior, field research
- wildlife threatsbiodiversity loss, extinction, habitat loss, poaching, species extinction
- wildlife usehunting season, trophy hunting, sport fishing, game management, sustainable harvest
- Borneo historyBrunei, headhunting, longhouses, British rule, colonial era
- conservationconservation, endangered, habitat, sanctuary, preservation
wildlife tradesustainable harvesting
Resource collection preserving future availability
wildlife tradewildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
wildlife protection · species protection · habitat preservation · rewilding · wildlife sanctuaries
wildlife tradepet trade
Buying and selling animals
livestock trade · livestock farming · aquaculture · pet stores · animal husbandry