News Headline
Exotic animal trade carries risks of disease outbreak and introduction of invasive species
Source
Mongabay (India)
Publication Date
2021-04-20
On March 16 this year, around ten days before Assam went to polls, routine checks were on at the checkpoint in Ghiladhari in Golaghat district of the eastern state. When the police stopped a private vehicle, they didn’t expect what they saw – macaws, silvery marmosets and golden-headed tamarin, all exotic animals, usually found in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.