1 in every 7 exotic pets carries a zoonosis
A study we published today reveals that exotic pets frequently carry zoonotic viruses, bacteria or parasites – diseases that animals can transmit to humans. Of the exotic pets rescued by
News
AAP prolongs Born to be Wild project
Born to be Wild, the special project that AAP started in Morocco together with IFAW in 2017, will be continued. Led by conservation biologist Imad Cherkaoui, AAP is taking over
World Veterinary Day: Royal Dutch Veterinary Association supports the Positive List
Saturday April 24th 2021 it’s World Veterinary Day; a moment to celebrate the important work that AAP’s veterinarians and animal caretakers do.
Petition: AAP wants EU Positive List for exotic pets
Our call to the European Union: develop an EU positive list and prevent unsuitable pets from entering European households!
Cyprus becomes 7th EU Member State with a Positive List for pets
Cyprus has just enacted a regulation that, for the very first time in Cypriot history, defines which animal species are allowed to be kept or sold as pets.
AAP rescues last tiger from closed zoo just before Christmas
Last Friday, we finally got the chance to take action for tigress Luli. After being rented out for circus shows and other cruel entertainment for years, her owner loaned the
Castilla-La Mancha also prohibits circuses with wild animals
Good news from Spain! In the autonomous region Castilla-La Mancha, a new animal protection law has passed that prohibits circus shows with wild animals. With this region added, more than
240 organizations: ‘limit the global wildlife trade’
240 organizations, including AAP, are calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to limit global wildlife trade.
Is an exciting cat the new status symbol?
Just as you have trends in fashion and music, at AAP we also see trends in the kinds of animals people keep. We recognize those trends when certain species are
Exotic animals should not be kept as pets, agree 87% of Europeans asked
“The European Commission’s passive attitude towards this matter is extremely concerning.” EU citizens from six surveyed countries overwhelmingly support better regulation of the exotic pet trade within the EU, according
MEP's support call for an EU Positive List of species allowed as pets
The COVID-19 crisis has prompted decision makers to clamp down on the legal and illegal trade of exotic animals in the EU. Describing the COVID-19 crisis as a “man-made catastrophe caused
A pandemic can happen very quickly
It will probably not be chosen as Word of the Year, but many will have read it for the first time this year: zoonosis. Media trying to explain in February