Cheap prices lead to more exotic pets in the wild, research finds

Mongabay
Aug 30, 2018, 9:27 am118 pts
, Exotic pets that grow to be big adults and are inexpensive to buy are more likely to end up in the wild, according to a recent study. “It is difficult to unravel why an owner might release their household companion,” ecologist Oliver Stringham of Rutgers University in the United States said in a…

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