WILDLIFE RAISING – POTENTIAL THREAT TO HUMANS

Many types of animals from Southeast Asia are threatened by pet trade – from monkeys to cullies, from birds to owls, from geckos to turtles.Wildlife trade is one of the reasons why illegal wildlife trade is becoming a major threat to biodiversity. In fact, this is the second largest direct threat to the survival of species, only after the destruction of their natural habitat.Wildlife animals are very different from pets and captivity makes their biological needs unattainable. Many wild animals can incubate the germ and easily spread to humans.

Most monkeys carry the herpes virus – a virus that can be lethal; Turtles and some reptiles can carry the salmonella bacteria – a bacterium that can cause special infectious diseases to children, parrots and other birds that can also transmit certain diseases to humans including the flu.

Most new diseases are now transmitted to humans by animals. In addition, when wildlife becomes a burden on their owners, people tend to release them back to nature. This is very dangerous because they can infect humans and indigenous species. In particular, they can be dangerous because they are wild, untranslatable, although kept for years.

Capturing wild animals also causes their physical and mental damage. Only in conditions of professional nursing and full facilities, wildlife pets’ health can be assured. For each individual wild animal brought home, there will be many other individuals died when transporting or at the market. Sadly, wildlife trade has become a serious threat to their populations.

The Komodo dragon is a good example. This is a very dangerous species since they often hunt large animals like deer in nature. They need a lot of food, live long, very aggressive and have had many cases of human attacks. In addition, hunting and trading, possessing this species is illegal.

While many birds become common pets, not all species are allowed to be kept. Large birds such as eagles and other predatory birds are difficult to keep in captivity because they are used to flying in large spaces. Nurturing these species is costly and makes it difficult for both humans and animals.

And even if wildlife species can live in captivity and do not require much care, keeping them will pose many threats to their populations in the wild. . Wildlife trade also creates a social tendency and makes the impression that wildlife pet is a normal thing, while many species are threatened.

Wild animals, unlike domesticated species, have their own ecological roles. When the number of wildlife populations drops to a certain extent, it is considered ecologically extinct, meaning that their populations are too small to perform their ecological roles. For example, for prey species or predators, eating dead species will help solve the potential plague problem, keeping the populations of other species under control.

This is one of the best examples of the ecological roles of species and that is why they need to live in their environment. Keeping them in pets’ house will not be appropriate and will prevent efforts to protect them in their natural habitats.