Plucked from a forest, sent to a cage: Behind the global exotic pet trade

Australian Broadcasting Corporation // World // Oceania

Plucked from a forest, sent to a cage: Behind the global exotic pet trade

Friday 20th June 2025, 2:28AM

The exotic pet industry is booming, fuelled by global demand for rare parrots, reptiles and other wild creatures — but in Solomon Islands, one of the Pacific's most active wildlife trading hubs, it is under growing scrutiny.

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