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Inter Press Service: Turtles, frogs, toads and many kinds of birds are imported into Mexico as pets by the thousands every year, but they constitute an environmental and economic threat when they are invasive exotic species. Since April a reform of the General Law on Wildlife has prohibited imports of such species, but in practice Mexico continues to allow these animals to enter the country. Pet shops rely on them for their lucrative trade. "The only way to combat invasive species is to effectively ......
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Risk of Exotic Pets Morphing into Invasive Pests
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 20th, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation