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Been a while since I've posted one of these. Come see our animals at Animal Tracks, Inc. ! #wildlifesanctuary #notapet #armadillo #serval #redfox
November 4, 2026 at 6:56 AM
🦎🚨 Woman caught in Russia, trying to cross border with 116 reptiles stashed in her jacket. These lizards, protected under Russian law, were obviously destined for Germany.

#StolenWildlife #ExoticPetTrade #NotAPet #WildlifeCrime

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Woman caught trying to cross border with 116 reptiles stashed in her jacket
Customs officers were in for a shock when they searched a woman trying to cross the Russian border — and discovered 116 lizards hidden in her jacket.
metro.co.uk
September 21, 2026 at 9:27 AM
We're not sure what to be more excited about - the weekend finally being here or the cooler weather that is a seriously welcomed break from the heatwave we've all been stuck in!

Wishing everyone a safe and relaxing weekend!

#WildlifeRehab #GetOutside #GCWR #Nature #NotAPet #KeepThemWild
August 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
A hermit crab living its best life in Costa Rica earlier this year. I believe it's Coenobita compressus.

Please do not buy these as pets! They're actually a social animal and can live over 20 years in the wild. Any pets you see are caught in the wild.

#crab #crustacean #notapet
September 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Not a pet, but this fox was hanging around my daughter's neighborhood in urban Salt Lake City a few years ago. Based solely on its looks and knowing nothing about its behavior, I want to adopt one!

#notapet #fox #urbanfox
June 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🐒🚨 "Monkey abandoned in laundry bag on London bus" -
Another victim of a broadly unregulated #exoticpettrade in Europe...

▶️ www.bbc.com/news/article...

#NotAPet #wildlifetrade #positivelist
@tierschutzbund.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social @ifaweu.bsky.social @wcs.org
Monkey abandoned in laundry bag on London 302 bus service
A marmoset monkey is rescued by animal welfare officers on the 302 service in north-west London.
www.bbc.com
July 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
🦎🐍🚨Reptile smuggling remains a lucrative business. In this case in the U.S., the smuggler at least ended up in prison, whereas #WildlifeCrime is often treated as a minor offense, which makes it very attractive...

#StolenWildlife #NotAPet

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Wildlife smuggler sentenced after bringing 1,700 reptiles into the US - AOL
A wildlife trafficker was sentenced to 65 months in prison, for his role in a scheme that saw 1,700 reptiles enter the United States illegally.
www.aol.com
June 1, 2026 at 7:41 AM
🦜🐦 Asia is now repeating the irresponsible mistake that Europe made in the past — before the EU ban on the import of wild birds in 2005 put an end to this cruel trade, which saved the life of millions of wild birds...

▶️ news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

#wildlifetrade #notapet #exoticpettrade
More than a million live birds imported to Asia in 15 years, report finds
Hong Kong and Singapore imported more than 1 million live wild birds between 2006 and 2020. Nearly two-thirds of the birds were from Africa.
news.mongabay.com
May 18, 2026 at 9:52 AM
🐍🚨 #Reptilien -Beschlagnahme in Stuttgart - darunter je 1 hochgiftige #Kobra & Krustenechse: Im Gegensatz zu den meisten anderen Bundesländern hat Baden-Württemberg bisher kein #Gefahrtiergesetz...

#NotAPet #Tierhandel #
www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.tiers...

@tierschutzbund.bsky.social
Tierschutz in Stuttgart: Reptilien und giftige Schlange beschlagnahmt
Wieder muss aus Stuttgart ein Transport zur Reptilien-Auffangstation nach Bayern fahren. Welche Tiere sind es dieses Mal?
www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
March 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
🦎🦜🚫 Immer mehr Länder führen eine #Positivliste für #Haustiere ein - zuletzt Südkorea seit Jahresanfang. Damit wird der Raubbau an zahllosen Arten für den Heimtierhandel eingedämmt. Wann folgen Deutschland & die EU?

▶️ www.dongascience.com/en/news/76332

#Tierschutz #Artenschutz #NotAPet
South Korea Implements 'White List' to Regulate Exotic Pet Ownership
○ Wildlife to Be Managed! ● Permitted Wildlife Species Now Defined Wild animals have evolved to live freely in their natural environment. They retain their wild instincts, finding food on their own an
www.dongascience.com
February 23, 2026 at 12:31 PM
🐍🦁🦘 Immer mehr exotische "Haustiere" sind zunehmend Problem für Tierheime & Auffangstationen. Eine #Positivliste für Haustiere ist überfällig!

▶️ www.ndr.de/nachrichten/...

#Tierhandel #NotAPet

@tierschutzbund.bsky.social @zoegruene.bsky.social @vierpfotenat.bsky.social
Schlangen, Wildkatzen, Silberfüchse in Privathaushalten: "Lage so schlimm wie seit Jahren nicht"
Schlangen, Schildkröten und andere exotische Tiere werden in Privathaushalten in Schleswig-Holstein beliebter. Tierschutzzentren kritisieren, dass diese Tiere am Ende immer häufiger bei ihnen landen.
www.ndr.de
December 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🐍🚨 The #Disney film #Zootopia2, with its character Gary De'Snake, is likely to fuel demand for the beautiful but venomous island pit viper as a “pet” not only in China — this species is also in demand here in Europe...

#ExoticPetTrade #terrarium #NotAPet

edition.cnn.com/2025/12/15/c...
Gary from Zootopia 2 is a hit in China. Now young people are buying venomous pit vipers | CNN
Qi Weihao recently welcomed a new family member – a beautiful, highly venomous, blue snake.
edition.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🦎🦜🐍 Workshop in Brüssel zu unserer Studie für die EU, wie die Nachfrage nach exotischen Haustieren reduziert werden kann...

Danke an @tierschutzbund.bsky.social @vierpfotenat.bsky.social und viele andere 🙏

#NotAPet #Tierhandel #Haustier #Reptilien #StolenWildlife #WildlifeCrime
October 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🐢🚨 Flughafen München: Zoll findet sieben lebende Schildkröten in Eiscremeboxen. Wie skrupellos & grausam sind solche Tierschmuggler?

#WildlifeCrime #Tierschutz #Artenschutz #CITES #NotAPet #Tierhandel @ifaweu.bsky.social @naturschutzring.bsky.social

www.traunsteiner-tagblatt.de/region/nachr...
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🐆‼️Wildtiere sind keine Haustiere - das entschied auch das Oberverwaltungsgericht in Münster 👏. Eine Kreuzung aus Serval & Hauskatze eignet sich nun mal nicht für die Privathaltung...

#Savannah #NotAPet #ExoticPetTrade #Tierschutz
@tierschutzbund.bsky.social

www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...
Gericht in Kleve verbietet Haltung von Savannah-Katzen - Tierart durch Justin Bieber bekannt
Das Oberverwaltungsgericht in Münster hat entschieden, dass die Savannah-Katze nicht als Haustier in Kleve gehalten werden darf.
www1.wdr.de
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
30 Jahre Tierleid 🐍❌ In Hamm (NRW) findet am Samstag wieder Europas größte Reptilienbörse statt: Tiere in Plastikboxen, Wildfänge, sogar bedrohte Arten.

📢 Wir fordern ein Ende von Tierbörsen & eine #Positivliste!

#NotAPet #ExoticPetTrade #WildlifeCrime #Exoten
September 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Small Islands - big #trade: how the Solomon Islands sell their lucrative & unique #wildlife for rather small #money or goods (cockatoo for tape recorder 😲) to the international exotic pet trade❗ Tragic loss of #biodiversity‼️ 🦎🐦🐒 #NotAPet @eurogroupforanimals.org
👉 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Inside the Pacific's largest exotic animal export industry
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...
www.abc.net.au
June 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🐍🚨 Gleich 2 Vorfälle mit gefährlichen Riesenschlangen: Netzpython in Rheinland-Pfalz entwischt, Anakonda in Schleswig-Holstein gefunden...
Wann endlich kommt die #Positivliste für #Haustiere?

#NotAPet #Tierhandel
@tierschutzbund.bsky.social @vierpfotenat.bsky.social
www.shz.de/lokales/quic...
Anakonda in Quickborner Bach entdeckt: Feuerwehr rettet exotische Würgeschlange
In Quickborn ist eine zweieinhalb Meter lange Anakonda in einem Bach gefunden. Feuerwehr und ein Reptilien-Experte mussten das Tier retten.
www.shz.de
June 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
🚨🐍 Bei einer Kontrolle bei #Bietingen hat die Bundespolizei fast 50 teils artengeschützte Tiere in einem Auto entdeckt, darunter auch hochgiftige Schlangen - via @dpa.com & @zeit.de

#NotAPet #Tierhandel #Artenschutz #Reptilien

www.zeit.de/news/2025-05...
Tiere geschmuggelt: Giftschlangen und andere Tiere in Auto entdeckt
Hier finden Sie Informationen zu dem Thema „Tiere geschmuggelt“. Lesen Sie jetzt „Giftschlangen und andere Tiere in Auto entdeckt“.
www.zeit.de
May 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM