Rough Trade: Animal Welfare in the Global Wildlife Trade
Rough Trade: Animal Welfare in the Global Wildlife Trade
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DOI：
10.1525/bio.2013.63.12.6
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
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影响因子：
10.1
通讯作者：
Macdonald, David W.
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作者：
Baker, Sandra E.;Cain, Russ;Macdonald, David W.
野生动物贸易是一个新兴的大生意，但其福利影响尚未得到全面研究。我们回顾了2006年至2011年期间文献中报道的野生动物贸易对动物福利的影响。很少有人提到福利这个词，很少有人记录福利影响的证据，也很少有人建议改善福利。文献集中于哺乳动物和现场宰杀的动物，用于奢侈品或食品，以及用于传统医学。福利影响可能被低估，特别是在国际、非法和野生捕获的贸易和爬行动物贸易中。也许应该更多地关注活体和大量交易的动物的福利（例如，鸟类、爬行动物、两栖动物）和那些--包括哺乳动物--可能因活体使用而受到更大影响的动物（例如，作为宠物）。需要更多的循证研究。动物福利应该与更广泛的问题相结合;保护主义者和福利主义者之间的合作以及发展健康和福利杠杆来影响贸易，为人类和野生动物带来好处。
Wildlife trade is a big and burgeoning business, but its welfare impacts have not been studied comprehensively. We review the animal welfare impacts of the wildlife trade as they were reported in the literature between 2006 and 2011. Rarely was the term welfare mentioned, evidence of welfare impact documented, or welfare improvement recommended. Literature focused on mammals and on animals killed on site, for luxury goods or food, and for traditional medicine. Welfare impacts may be underreported, particularly in international, illegal, and wild-caught trade and trade in reptiles. Greater attention should perhaps be paid to the welfare of animals traded alive and in larger numbers (e.g., birds, reptiles, amphibians) and to those-including mammals-potentially subject to greater impacts through live use (e.g., as pets). More evidence-based research is needed. Animal welfare should be integrated with wider issues; collaboration between conservationists and welfarists and the development of health and welfare levers to influence trade offer benefits to both people and wildlife.