Endangered species convention proposes new rules for growing exotic...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The two-week Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is scheduled to run through Friday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
55% : A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet marketplaces and becoming popular on social media.
52% : But Matt Collis, the senior director of international policy at the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said live animals for the pet trade are increasingly turning up on the internet.
49% : "Alarmingly, most of them are not regulated internationally, despite the high availability of hundreds of species in international trade.
44% : The association, which advocates for responsible private ownership and trade in reptiles and amphibians, suggested other reptile proposals reflect government overreach, noting the proffered changes to iguana sales are unnecessary since current regulations "provide adequate protection." "Most species have limited trade in captive bred specimens which is not a threat to wild populations," David Garcia, the organization's legal counsel and its delegate at the CITES conference, said in a statement.
43% : Participants have proposed tighter regulations or complete bans on the trade of several species including iguanas from the Galapagos Islands, more than a dozen species of Latin America tarantulas and an odd-looking turtle from Africa.

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