Live or dead specimens in trade - found in markets, wildlife pet shops, wild meat restaurants, etc. Both legal and illegal trade.
Observation | Species in trade |
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Photos / SoundsWhatRed Avadavat (Amandava amandava)ObserveryannbigantDescriptionOn sale for merit release/prayer animal release. About 200 very small individuals |
In trade live |
In trade live | |
Photos / SoundsWhatOrange-winged Parrot (Amazona amazonica)ObserveryannbigantDescriptionSame owner also has a local Old world parakeet and a spotted dove. See previous obs. |
In trade live |
In trade live | |
WhatAsian Golden Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)ObserveryannbigantDescriptionOn sale for merit release / prayer animal release. About 20 Asian golden weaver in the cage with at least 1 Baya weaver |
In trade live |
WhatAlexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)ObserverutainPlace86C6+RQH Wildlife Quarantine Center Thailand, Tambon Khao Phra, Amphoe Mueang Nakhon Nayok, Chang Wat Nakhon Nayok 26000, Thailand (Google, OSM) |
In trade live |
In trade live | |
WhatSouth American Horned Frogs (Genus Ceratophrys)ObserverkyogaDescriptionBeing sold (per trade) |
In trade live |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
WhatBarbary Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea var. risoria)ObserveryannbigantDescriptionIn a pet shop. Just another version of captive-bred Barbary dove? |
In trade live |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
WhatGrey-headed Parrot (Poicephalus fuscicollis)ObserverghostomelonDescriptionCaptive at Parrot Mountain. |
In trade live |
In trade live | |
Photos / SoundsWhatAmazon Parrots (Genus Amazona)ObserverghostomelonDescriptionCaptive at Parrot Mountain. |
In trade live |
Photos / SoundsWhatRainbow Mud Snake (Enhydris enhydris)ObserveryannbigantDescriptionIf several species, please indicate so and I will create several observations |
In trade dead |
In trade live | |
In trade live | |
WhatJagged-shelled Turtle (Cuora mouhotii)ObserverruthappDescriptionAt a Chinese restaurant in Luang Prabang, Laos. This observation relates to the two smallest individuals in the photo, the first and third if counting from top to bottom. |
In trade live |
Photos / SoundsWhatBaya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)ObserverbrindleyDescriptionSold for KHR 2,000 each |
In trade live |
Wildlife trade is a key driver of species extinctions and biodiversity loss around the globe, with the demands of the East and Southeast Asian consumer markets pulling in species from all corners of the world to Asia. Wildlife consumption includes use for meat, traditional and folk medicine and for live animals for caged display (“pets”). A snaring crisis is currently defaunating vast swaths of forest in Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos, putting terrestrial wild animals at risk of extinction while increasing the potential for diseases to spread between wild and domestic animals, and between animals and people.
In order to document the extent of this trade, we have added a Species in Trade observation field which we request iNaturalist users to use to tag observations when live or dead species are observed for sale in market locations or in other places.