The global commercial trade in raptors and owls over a 40-year period

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angličtina
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The global commercial trade in raptors and owls over a 40-year period
Original language description
The global wildlife trade poses an increasing threat to the world?s biota and one-fifth of the global wildlife trade is fuelled by the demand for animals used as pets and for entertainment purposes. We used CITES trade data from 1975-2015 to quantify the global legal commercial trade in live raptors and owls. Our results showed that the number of traded raptor and owl species has increased since 1975. We found that the most traded raptor species included hybrids in the genus Falco, the Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) and the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug). In addition, our analyses revealed that the Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops), Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis) and the Little Owl (Athene noctua) were the most commonly traded owl species globally. Japan was the largest global importer of live raptors and owls and the United Kingdom was the largest exporter/re-exporter country. From a conservation perspective, we conclude that the legal global trade does not currently pose a threat to many species. However, the illegal wildlife trade poses a real conservation and welfare concern due to overexploitation of wild animals and the absence of animal welfare protection. Future research into the drivers, trends and trade dynamics of the illegal trade in raptors and owls is recommended.
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I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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