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The analysis excluded domesticated species, gamebirds, fish and species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) [ ]despite national legislation in some countries, international trade in non-CITES wildlife species is largely unregulated and unmonitored, and that trade – much of it to supply the exotic pets trade – is one of the major factors driving species and biodiversity loss worldwide,5 as well as driving the introduction of invasive species and spreading both animal and human diseases (for example, chytridiomycosis, which is currently decimating the world’s amphibian populations, and, of course, the current Covid-19 pandemic) Importing non-native animals www gov uk/guidance/importing-non-native-animals#import-non-native-animals (accessed 4 October 2020) 4 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
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