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The Billion-Dollar Trade in Wild Animals

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Aug 05, 2025
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When people hear the term "farmed animals," they often think of chickens, cows, and pigs crammed into sheds. But increasingly, it also means pangolins, otters, crocodiles, monkeys, and birds of paradise. Wild animals — not just in name, but in nature — are being bred, caged, and sold by the millions in an expanding global industry that hides behind conservation rhetoric and unproven economic claims.

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