The widespread keeping of wild pets in the Neotropics: An overlooked risk for human and wildlife

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The practice of keeping wild animals as pets, which is widespread and culturally rooted in the Neotropics represents a major risk to human health and biodiversity conservation.
Through a continental-scale survey of rural human settlements conducted over 13 years in 15 Neotropical countries, we document the vast extent of poaching to meet the local demand for pets, resulting in thousands of families living with wild animals without any sanitary controls.
This study highlights the problems associated with the keeping of wild pets for both public health and conservation.

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