The Animal Protection Agency (APA) and its Foundation (APAF) are focused on the trade in wild animals as pets. #AnimalWelfare https://xitter.cf/t.co/50bHji2TPp
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Petition: Review and reform laws on keeping wild animals as pets
Wild animals are inherently unsuited to life as pets, yet millions are kept in UK homes in conditions that fail to meet their complex welfare needs, with a growing trade and weak oversight. We call for urgent review and reform of laws on the keeping and trade of wild animals as pets.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Countless wild reptiles and amphibians are being plucked from their natural habitats due to legal loopholes in the global pet trade. 🚨
Inconsistent laws mean illegal wildlife in one country becomes legal profit in another. It’s time to close the gaps and protect wild populations! 🦎🐸
📖 Read the full report in @Nature: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
#WildlifeConservation #PetTrade #Reptiles #Amphibians #Biodiversity #ProtectWildlife #ConservationAction
Animal Protection Agency retweeted
In December 2025, the English government acknowledged in its Animal Welfare Strategy that boiling decapod crustaceans – such as lobsters and crabs – alive is incompatible with existing law. The same legal provision applies in Wales.
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Huge news from the Netherlands!!
#positivelist #animalwelfare
🇳🇱 Congratulations to our member @stichting_aap: after years of advocacy, the court has confirmed the legitimacy of the Dutch Positive List, a major step forward for animal welfare & responsible pet keeping.
Now it’s time for an EU-wide Positive List!
➡️ bit.ly/3PMXtw8
Independent research conducted by YouGov Plc for IFAW's excellent new report, 'Behind Closed Doors' reveals that 68% of exotic pet owners support the adoption of a Positive List system. This would replace our current mish-mash of confusing laws with a scientifically-backed list of only those species capable of thriving in captivity. Now wouldn't that be a good idea?!
Read the new report from IFAW. shorturl.at/0HF8N
#wild #wildiswild #exoticpettrade #captivity #endthetrade #endtheexoticpettrade
Axolotl's do not make good pets - here's why ➡️
#endtheexoticpettrade #axolotl #animalprotectionagency #animalwelfare
A wild animal is still wild, even if it's in captivity. Swipe ➡️
#wild #apa #wildiswild #exoticpettrade #captivity #endthetrade
#animalprotectionagency #endtheexoticpettrade
"We have joined dozens of our fellow campaign groups and experts in calling on Defra to "reset" the Animal Welfare Act for its 20th anniversary. For APA, this means challenging current interpretations of 'unnecessary suffering' that allow animals like snakes and birds to be kept in enclosures where they cannot even stretch or fly. How can it be considered 'necessary' to confine animals in these conditions in pet shops merely for profit or entertainment?"
vettimes.com/news/vets/exoti…
Robert Gillan's ability to run an illegal pet shop from his home for six years is a stark example of how these under-the-radar businesses can evade detection while causing immense animal suffering:
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd9…
Animal Protection Agency retweeted
Today, The Animal Law Foundation has written to the government alongside The League Against Cruel Sports and 60 other signatories who are calling on the government to put animals back into The Animal Welfare Act.
Weak interpretation, poor enforcement and whole categories of animals excluded from protection mean that as it reaches its 20 year anniversary, the Act’s full potential has never been realised.
Legal precedent is clear: profit and tradition cannot justify cruelty. It’s time for a reset.
#AWA20 #AnimalProtection #AnimalLaw
Defra’s new Animal Welfare Strategy
APA welcomes the commitment of @DefraGovUK in its Animal Welfare Strategy published today to improve the licensing regime and enforcement of animal activities. This is vitally important as exotic pet businesses continue to exploit vague "hobbyist" exemptions to trade wild animals over stalls in temporary markets - a practice known to cause significant suffering.
We are, however, concerned about the Government’s silence on snake welfare. Defra needs to listen to its own experts - namely the Animal Welfare Committee’s (AWC) expert recommendation that snakes must be able to stretch to their full body length. Snakes are the only vertebrate animals legally denied this basic need.
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Click click gone! Frame by frame, extinction event captured by perpetrators.
There is a tragic irony in the way humans interact with the wild: hunting for beauty with cameras, then destroying it in the process. The disappearance of the Galaxy Frog in India is a direct result of human entitlement—the belief that the "right" to profit from wild animals justifies their destruction.
#ecocide #wildlifecrime #NaturePhotography
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