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Global Online Trade In Primates For Pets, Vincent Nijman, Thais Q. Morcatty, Hani R. El Bizri, Hassan Al-Razi, Andie Ang, Ahmad Ardiansyah, Sadek Atoussi, Daniel Bergin, Sarah Bell, Franciany Braga-Pereira, Marco Campera, Nabajit Das, Felipe E. Silva, Kim Feddema, Grace Foreman, Anna Fourage, Smitha D. Gnanaolivu, Malene F. Hansen, Elena Račevska, Brittany C. Rapone, Ganga R. Regmi, Chris R. Shepherd, Sofiya Shukhova, Penthai Siriwat, Jaima H. Smith, Seyed A. M. M. Tabar, Aline S. Tavares, Ariana V. Weldon, Angelina Wilson, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Mingxia Zhang, Magdalena S. Svensson, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris
Global Online Trade In Primates For Pets, Vincent Nijman, Thais Q. Morcatty, Hani R. El Bizri, Hassan Al-Razi, Andie Ang, Ahmad Ardiansyah, Sadek Atoussi, Daniel Bergin, Sarah Bell, Franciany Braga-Pereira, Marco Campera, Nabajit Das, Felipe E. Silva, Kim Feddema, Grace Foreman, Anna Fourage, Smitha D. Gnanaolivu, Malene F. Hansen, Elena Račevska, Brittany C. Rapone, Ganga R. Regmi, Chris R. Shepherd, Sofiya Shukhova, Penthai Siriwat, Jaima H. Smith, Seyed A. M. M. Tabar, Aline S. Tavares, Ariana V. Weldon, Angelina Wilson, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Mingxia Zhang, Magdalena S. Svensson, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
The trade in primates as pets is a global enterprise and as access to the Internet has increased, so too has the trade of live primates online. While quantifying primate trade in physical markets is relatively straightforward, limited insights have been made into trade via the Internet. Here we followed a three-pronged approach to estimate the prevalence and ease of purchasing primates online in countries with different socioeconomic characteristics. We first conducted a literature review, in which we found that Malaysia, Thailand, the USA, Ukraine, South Africa, and Russia stood out in terms of the number of primate individuals being …
Normal Redefined: Exploring Decontextualization Of Lorises (Nycticebus & Xanthonycticebus Spp.) On Social Media Platforms, Luke F. Quarles, Kim Feddema, Marco Campera, K. A.I. Nekaris
Normal Redefined: Exploring Decontextualization Of Lorises (Nycticebus & Xanthonycticebus Spp.) On Social Media Platforms, Luke F. Quarles, Kim Feddema, Marco Campera, K. A.I. Nekaris
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
Introduction: Decontextualization is a concept from psychology whereby new words are learned outside of the context of the here-and-now. Decontextualized language is used for discussing abstract concepts and is crucial to the development of academic language. When it comes to images, a dearth of context can lead to a lack of clarity, such as the use of ambiguous decontextualized images in environmental communication, leading to the promotion of greenwashing. Here we refer to decontextualization as the removal of wildlife from their wild ecological context. Images and videos of globally threatened species are increasingly popular on social media. Showing such taxa …