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    An exotic pet is a pet which is relatively rare or unusual to keep, or is generally thought of as a wild species rather than as a domesticated pet. The...
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  • A pet exotic felid, also called pet wild cat or pet non-domestic cat, is a member of the family Felidae (excluding the house cat and hybrids thereof)...
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    Exotic briefly served as the chief of police in Eastvale. He then opened a pet store with his brother, but after his brother's death in 1997, Exotic sold...
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  • featuring Pitbull Exotic pet Exotic Shorthair, a breed of cat Exotic species (or introduced species), a species not native to an area Exotic dancer, a type...
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    the last few decades, chinchillas have become increasingly popular as exotic pets, which has led to an increase in hunting and trapping. Short-tailed chinchillas...
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    first described by Nelly de Rooij in 1909. It is sometimes kept as an exotic pet. Tribolonotus gracilis is one of the few species of skinks that vocalize...
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  • has roots in a 1960s pet shop owned by Connie Braun Casey, Braun's Barn, in Festus, Missouri. Though Casey had been collecting exotic animals for years,...
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    aloft like many other mantises. The iridescent bark mantis is sold as an exotic pet, though vendors report it is difficult to raise. This species survives...
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    has one of the largest markets for the exotic pet trade, threatening the survival of many wild species. Exotic animal cafés, where wild animals are often...
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  • Ontario, Canada, went viral. Darwin was determined to be a prohibited exotic pet and surrendered to Story Book Farm, an Ontario-based animal sanctuary...
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    2013 New Brunswick python attack (category Exotic pets)
    not guilty in a jury trial in November 2016. List of unusual deaths Exotic pets Animal attacks "Python Killing Of 2 New Brunswick Boys Baffles Experts"...
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    PMID 22443437. "Exotic Shorthair". PetMD. Retrieved 13 January 2024. "Exotic Shorthair Cat". Pet Finder. Cat Fanciers Association Exotic Breed Council [1]...
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    Ferret (redirect from Pet ferret)
    PMID 16221798. Online. Mitchell, Mark A.; Tully, Thomas N. (2009). Manual of exotic pet practice. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-4160-0119-5. Archived...
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    Wolves are sometimes kept as exotic pets, and in some rarer occasions, as working animals. Although closely related to domesticated dogs, wolves do not...
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    the Australian genus Aspidites. While many species are available in the exotic pet trade, caution is needed with larger species due to potential danger....
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    end of the Pleistocene. The exotic pet trade has also been a large source of introduced species. The species favored as pets have more general habitat requirements...
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    more common species have become popular in the exotic pet trade. Many New World species kept as pets have setae known as urticating hairs that can cause...
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    Sugar glider (category Species endangered by the pet trade)
    popular exotic pets; these pet animals are also frequently referred to as "sugar gliders", but recent research indicates, at least for American pets, that...
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    are frequently kept as exotic pets in other parts of the world, particularly Western nations such as the United States. In the pet trade, they are most...
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    the first time to go hunting on their own. Rats as pets Exotic pet Ferrets as pets Rabbits as pets Marc Morrone; Nancy Ellis-Bell (2010). A Man for All...
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    where feral populations have established themselves and are bred for the exotic pet trade. One of the few parrot species that have successfully adapted to...
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    genus of the giant pouched rats. These animals were introduced into the exotic pet trade, but have been banned by the CDC and FDA after an outbreak of monkeypox...
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    Goniurosaurus hainanensis (category Species endangered by the pet trade)
    are the Chinese cave gecko, Hainan Cave Gecko or simply cave gecko. The exotic pet trade has been driving numbers of this rare species down since its categorization...
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    species which is not commonly seen, but it is becoming more popular in the exotic pet trade. In the Philippines, it is called Tabili in the Cebuano language...
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    Hippopotamuses in Colombia (category Exotic pets)
    Hippopotamuses are an introduced species in Colombia. Four hippopotamuses were first kept by Pablo Escobar in his private zoo in the late 1970s, and upon...
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    Pogona (redirect from Bearded Dragon (pet))
    available. Introduced into the U.S. as pets during the 1990s, bearded dragons have gained much popularity as an exotic pet. This popularity has been sustained...
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  • Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine is a quarterly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Elsevier in cooperation with the Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians...
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    middle class has increased demand for NHPs as exotic pets in recent years. Although NHP import for the pet trade was banned in the U.S. in 1975, smuggling...
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    Fennec fox (category Species endangered by the pet trade)
    prized by the indigenous peoples of North Africa, and it is considered an exotic pet in some parts of the world. Its name comes from the species' Arabic name:...
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    its appearance and behavioural traits, the green tree frog is a popular exotic pet throughout the world. The skin secretions of the frog have antibacterial...
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