Online classified adverts reflect the broader United Kingdom trade in turtles and tortoises rather than drive it.

ABSTRACT: Online sales are increasingly a route by which exotic animals are sold in the global pet trade. There are numerous types of online platforms and transaction types, and dedicated classified advertisement sites are a popular means of buying and selling animals. Despite their large and increasing use, we have a relatively poor understanding of the number of, and taxonomic variation in, the animals sold online. This information may be key in efforts to optimise the welfare of the animals being sold, and the ethics and sustainability of the trade via that platform. To fill this knowledge gap, we monitored and analysed the advertisements of chelonians (turtles and tortoises) placed on one of the United Kingdom's largest dedicated classified ads sites, www.pets4homes.co.uk, over the course of a y

SUBMITTER: Bielby J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10343072 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature