Lauren Joyner

ENG 101-28
12/09/16
Prof. Kays
3 Annotated Bibliographies
Nuwer, Rachel. "The Black Market Trade for Endangered Animals Flourishes on the
Web." Newsweek. N.p., 2016. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.
This newspaper article discussed the important role the internet plays in the illegal trading of
animals. This article goes further to discuss the estimated net of $10 billion that the black market
animal trade makes yearly. According to the author, the internet is used as for a form of
communication between the buyer and seller, allows traders to research the market for specific
animals, and helps with working out the logistics of the smuggle operation. The internet not only
benefits the seller/buyer but it also allowed the IFAW along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife to
gather data and charge more than 150 people.

Brown, Robert. "Exotic pets invade United States ecosystems: legislative failure and a
proposed solution." Ind. LJ 81 (2006): 713.
This journal article discussed the three ways exotic animals find their way in the US ecosystem.
Those three ways include government agencies intentionally introducing animals into the
ecosystem, exotic species being brought back unintentionally with some other product, or exotic
species brought over here through illegal capturing and transporting. The article focuses solely
on the third point. The author analyzed the problems that came from the exotic pet trade and
offered two alternative solutions.

Laufer, Peter. Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets.
Guilford, CT: Lyons, 2010. Print.
This book discussed in depth the inside world of the animal black market. This author explained
how the animals are easy to capture and transport and how the chances of getting caught are
slim. The author mentions that the International Fund of Animal Welfare has documented
thousands and thousands of wild animals for sale, some being protected and some being
endangered. The purpose of the book is to analyze and answer the questions of whats the
difference between a pet and an enslaved animal, what happens once you put a home-trained
wild animal back in the wild.

Exotic Animal Pet vs. Owner

Case #1: Mountain Lion vs. 4 year-old boy
Amber Michelle Couch of Odessa, Texas was warned
many times from the authorities about owning her
pet Mountain Lion. Not only did she ignore the
authorities about keeping the lion, she also didnt
keep the animals vaccination up-to-date. Couch
kept the mountain lion in a cage too small for its
size and the barriers of the cage werent sturdy
enough to keep anyone from getting attacked.
Sadly, one afternoon Couchs 4 year- old nephew
happened to get too close and ended up getting
attacked. He survived but ended up with lacerations
and punctures wounds on his body and as well as
bite marks across his face. The lion was then
euthanized.

Case #2: Black Bear vs. 37-year old women

37 year-old Kelly Ann Walz from Pennsylvania kept
many animals including a tiger, cougar, lion, and a
bear. She has been licensed since 1994 in training
animals and had many years of experience handling
these kind of wildlife animals. One Sunday evening,
Walz entered the bears cage to clean it. To distract
the bears, Walz would put dog food on the other side
of the cage but this day her distraction didnt work.
The bear came over to her and mauled her to death in
front of her neighbors kid as well as her own. This
case showing no matter how much experience you
have with these animals, they are wildlife and belong
in the wild.

Case #3: Camel vs. 60 year-old women

60 year-old Pam Weaver from Australia received a
pet camel as a birthday gift. She had many acres
of land due to owning many cattle and sheep.
Weavers pet camel didnt interact with the other
animals and was repeatedly caught trying to
smother the familys pet goat. One night, while

Weaver went to tend to her camel, he attacked

and tried to have sex with her. While Weaver tried
to fight back, the camel knocked her over,
stomped on her head, laid on top of her and
smothered her to death.

10 Interesting and Statistical

Facts on the Exotic Animal
Trade
1.Nearly 29,000 Freshwater
Turtles are traded every day.
2.Tiger population went from 30,000 in the 1970s to
around 3,200 today.
3.Chimpanzees are now EXTINCT in Gambia,
Burkina Faso, Benin and Togo.
4.According to a World Wildlife Fund study, 52 % of
wildlife populations around the world have
disappeared since 1970 with overhunting being the
cause for that decline in populations
5.More than 1,000,000,000 Pangolins were traded
within the last 10 years.
6.Nearly 100 African Elephants are poached per day.
7.Over 1,000 rangers have been killed the past 10
years due to poachers.
8.About 30% of Asias elephant population are being
held in zoos, circuses or tourist attractions
9.Illegal trade in wildlife is worth $15-20 billion
annually, one of the largest illegal trades in the world.
10. From 2013 to 2015, there was an estimate of
apes being seized each week.

Africa:
- Chimpanzees and
gorillas
o Priced at
$50,000 per
baby
- Cheetahs
o Priced at
$10,000

South
America:
- Hyacinth Macaws
o Priced at
$20,000
- Jaguars
o Priced at
$35,000

Australia
- Oenpeli Pythons
o Priced at
$30,000

- Black Cockatoo
o Price at
$31,000

Origin and
Price of
Some Exotic

Animals
Asia

- Clouded Leopard
o Price at $5,700
- Panthers
o Price at $5,000

Oceans

- Sperm whales

o Price at several
hundred/lb or a
whole whale for
a few million
dollars

- Arowana Fish
o Price at
$20,000