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Messaging with appeal to intrinsic or relational values shows potential to shift demand for wildlife as pets.

Published online: 30 Jan 2025

Authors: Marshall, H. & Collar, N. J. & Lees, A. C. & Moss, A. & Yuda, P. & Marsden, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Overharvesting of wildlife for trade is a key driver of biodiversity loss. Messaging that is aligned with people's values could play a significant rol...

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Media portrayal of the illegal trade in wildlife: the case of turtles in the US and implications for conservation.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Easter, T. & Trautmann, J. & Gore, M. & Carter, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Illegal wildlife trade is a global threat to biodiversity, but its drivers and impacts and ways to combat it vary by taxa. News media framing of insta...

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Promoting conservation can be fun through video games like Animal Crossing.

Published online: 30 Sep 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Fisher, J. & Yoh, N. & Kubo, T. & Rundle, D.

Content type: Blog

This paper explores how features of the popular Nintendo game Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) can be used for pro-conservation messaging. The aut...

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Managers and shorebird biologists' perceptions of enforcement and voluntary compliance techniques to increase compliance with dog regulations on beaches.

Published online: 23 Nov 2022

Authors: Dayer, A. A. & Everly, J. & Comber, C. A. & Gore, M. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Disturbance to shorebirds by domestic dogs can cause direct and indirect bird mortality. Dog regulations to minimize disturbance are only effective if...

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Popular press portrayal of issues surrounding free-roaming domestic cats Felis catus.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Gow, E. A. & Burant, J. B. & Sutton, A. O. & Freeman, N. E. & Grahame, E. R. M. & Fuirst, M. & Sorensen, M. C. & Knight, S. M. & Clyde, H. E. & Quarrell, N. J. & Wilcox, A. A. E. & Chicalo, R. & Drunen, S. G. van & Shiffman, D. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Domestic cats Felis catus have a complex and contentious history. They fill multiple societal roles (e.g. as pest controllers and companion animals), ...

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Can sustainable biocommerce continue to support conservation, or will the captive breeding of offspring be its Achilles heel?

Published online: 30 Oct 2024

Authors: Yeager, J. & Gonzalez, J. M. S. & Shepack, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The trade in high-value natural resources, particularly exotic plants and animals (henceforth biocommerce), can lead to both positive and negative imp...

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The occurrence of commensal rodents in dwellings as revealed by the 1996 English House Condition Survey.

Published online: 17 Oct 2001

Authors: Langton, S. D. & Cowan, D. P. & Meyer, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The presence of commensal rodents was assessed in the 1996 English House Condition Survey (EHCS). Logistic regression techniques were used to identify...

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The dark web trades wildlife, but mostly for use as drugs.

Published online: 06 Sep 2023

Authors: Stringham, O. C. & Maher, J. & Lassaline, C. R. & Wood, L. & Moncayo, S. & Toomes, A. & Heinrich, S. & Watters, F. & Drake, C. & Chekunov, S. & Hill, K. G. W. & Decary-Hetu, D. & Mitchell, L. & Ross, J. V. & Cassey, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Contemporary wildlife trade is massively facilitated by the Internet. By design, the dark web is one layer of the Internet that is difficult to monito...

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Furry neighbours: acceptability of feeding and managing free-ranging dogs and cats in an urban area.

Published online: 10 Feb 2025

Authors: Nayeri, D. & Sardari, P. & Raisi, F. Z. & Ghorbanian, Z. & Glikman, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

There is an increasing interest in researching urban invasion. When invasive species establish and spread in urban areas, their management becomes par...

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Land use intensification coupled with free-roaming dogs as potential defaunation drivers of mesocarnivores in agricultural landscapes.

Published online: 22 Dec 2021

Authors: Gálvez, N. & Infante, J. & Fernandez, A. & Díaz, J. & Petracca, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Land use intensification, by which habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and increased land ownership subdivision occurs, represents one of the largest ...

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