Staff Chats Episode 3: IT Lance

Check out the following resources for additional information on the topics discussed in this episode!

Pet Ownership 

Not a Pet: https://www.notapet.net/ 

Wildlife Trafficking Alliance: https://www.aza.org/wildlife-trafficking-alliance?locale=en 

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s page on Injurious Wildlife regulations: https://www.fws.gov/story/understanding-injurious-wildlife-regulations 

Florida Museum’s page on responsible snake ownership (the page is specifically about snakes, but this information applies to any pet): https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-snake-id/responsible-snake-ownership/  

Feral Cats 

It’s good to keep in mind that there are very different cultural norms around keeping indoor cats in North America versus the rest of the world. Outdoor cats are far more common outside of the United States and Canada and attitudes toward them are very different in other parts of the world. 

However, that does not change the fact that feral and outdoor cats are a danger to our wildlife, even in North America. We have included information from both the United States Department of Agriculture and the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to help demonstrate the negative impact outdoor cats can have on wildlife.  

US Department of Agriculture info on free-ranging and feral cats: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/reports/Wildlife%20Damage%20Management%20Technical%20Series/free-ranging-and-feral-cats.pdf 

Feral cat control in Australia: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/invasive-species/feral-animals-australia/feral-cats 

Reptiles 

Amphibian and Reptile Conservancy: https://arcprotects.org/ 

Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation: https://parcplace.org/ 

Glaw F, Köhler J, Townsend TM, Vences M. Rivaling the world's smallest reptiles: discovery of miniaturized and microendemic new species of leaf chameleons (Brookesia) from northern Madagascar. PLoS One. 2012;7(2):e31314. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031314. Epub 2012 Feb 14. PMID: 22348069; PMCID: PMC3279364. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279364/ 

Palm Oil 

Breaks for Conservation: Palm Oil https://www.buzzsprout.com/2224824/13339323 

PDZA’s Protect the Rainforest page: https://www.pdza.org/care/rainforest/ 

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil: https://rspo.org/