All posts tagged exotic pet trade

Michael Webber, director of “The Conservation Game”

By | August 25, 2021 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Captive Exotic, Cats, Legislation, Mammals, Wildlife | No comments

Michael Webber—director of the new documentary, “The Conservation Game,” which explores the realm of people who bring animals on late-night talk shows and morning news programs, and may be secretly participating in the exotic pet trade—discusses how his career (which included working on numerous studio features and other films, television shows and other projects) forever changed when he made his 2011 doc, “The Elephant In The Living Room.” Read more…

Kari Bagnall, founder of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary

By | August 21, 2013 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, General, Primates, Rescue, Sanctuaries | 2 Comments

 

Kari Bagnall—founder and director of Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary—recounts the history of how she launched this facility in Gainesville, FL that houses for more than 100 monkeys that were formerly part of the exotic pet trade or had been used in laboratory research. Read more…

Cindy Carroccio–director of the Austin Zoo

By | November 24, 2003 | Rescue | No comments

Cindy Carroccio, director of the Austin Zoo–actually an expansive rescue facility that houses animals that were formerly used in lab research, were performers in circuses and roadside attractions, victims of the exotic pet trade, “surplus” animals from conventional zoos, etc.–discusses her facility, “scamtuaries,” and a panoply of animal issues. [www.AustinZoo.com, www.AustinZoo.org] Read more…