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Australian and international authorities are "struggling" to keep up with regulating and policing the exotic pet market as demand surges.

Across Australia, legal and illegal pet owners are housing exotic animals like ferrets, venomous pit vipers, Indian ringneck parrots, and Burmese pythons. While many animals bound for the illegal ...

Stardust Circus has been using lions in its travelling family circus for half a century but had to retire its six lions and four monkeys earlier this month after being unable to renew its insurance.