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The Jane Goodall Institute | Global www.thejanegoodallinsitute.com [email protected] Address: BWB Secretarial Limited 10 Queen Street Place London, EC4R 1BE United Kingdom Registered in the UK: Company No. 08122637 Charity No. 1153284 Wild Animals are not Pets Campaigning with Roots & Shoots in Argentina In many countries around the world, demand for exotic pets is a key driver behind the illegal trade in wildlife. This is the case in Argentina where purchasing native, and often endangered, wildlife is increasingly popular. Not only are at-risk species trafficked domestically, they are sold to other countries as well, pushing more than 50 species of mammals and birds to the brink of extinction, not to mention the steady loss in biodiversity. However, though wild animal populations are dwindling, many people are unaware of the issue. In response JGI Argentina launched a campaign in 2017 to end the local exotic pet trade. Through their efforts, the Argentina office has worked closely with teachers, community members and students, to raise awareness about the important difference between domesticated animals that are suitable as pets and wild animals that are not. Educators have supported the campaign, extending the message to their students. Young people, in turn, have spread the message even further. Hundreds of students enthusiastically joined the “Animal Parade” in Buenos Aires as a celebration of biodiversity and to draw attention to the problem of poaching wildlife for the pet trade. Buenos Aires is the centre of illegal wildlife trading and four of the most trafficked, and very special, local species were showcased as ambassadors for the campaign: the tortoise, toucan, howler monkey and yellow cardinal. Children from local schools and Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots groups made costumes with recycled materials and dressed up as one of the four animals. In their colourful costumes and masks, the parade was festive and fun, reaching over 2,000 people at the event. At the same time, students also started to understand for themselves the very real threats faced by the animals they represented and the urgent need for conservation. Some of the children, such as the pre-school Roots & Shoots group “The Jaguar Explorers” (“Los exploradores yaguaretés”), even got their families involved. Jane Goodall was on hand to join the parade, encouraging everyone to share her vision for a world where we can live more harmoniously with nature. And local celebrities also got involved,

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Page 1: Wild Animals are not Pets - irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com · Wild Animals are not Pets Campaigning with Roots & Shoots in Argentina In many countries around the world, demand for exotic

TheJaneGoodallInstitute|Global�www.thejanegoodallinsitute.com�[email protected]

Address:BWBSecretarialLimited�10QueenStreetPlace�London,EC4R1BE�UnitedKingdomRegisteredintheUK:CompanyNo.08122637CharityNo.1153284

Wild Animals are not Pets CampaigningwithRoots&ShootsinArgentina

Inmanycountriesaroundtheworld,demandforexoticpetsisakeydriverbehindtheillegaltradeinwildlife.ThisisthecaseinArgentinawherepurchasingnative,andoftenendangered,wildlifeisincreasinglypopular.Notonlyareat-riskspeciestraffickeddomestically,theyaresoldtoothercountriesaswell,pushingmorethan50speciesofmammalsandbirdstothebrinkofextinction,nottomentionthesteadylossinbiodiversity.

However,thoughwildanimalpopulationsaredwindling,manypeopleareunawareoftheissue.InresponseJGIArgentinalaunchedacampaignin2017toendthelocalexoticpettrade.Throughtheirefforts,theArgentinaofficehasworkedcloselywithteachers,communitymembersandstudents,toraiseawarenessabouttheimportantdifferencebetweendomesticatedanimalsthataresuitableaspetsandwildanimalsthatarenot.

Educatorshavesupportedthecampaign,extendingthemessagetotheirstudents.Youngpeople,inturn,havespreadthemessageevenfurther.Hundredsofstudentsenthusiasticallyjoinedthe“AnimalParade”inBuenosAiresasacelebrationofbiodiversityandtodrawattentiontotheproblemofpoachingwildlifeforthepettrade.BuenosAiresisthecentreofillegalwildlifetradingandfourofthemosttrafficked,andveryspecial,localspecieswereshowcasedasambassadorsforthecampaign:thetortoise,toucan,howlermonkeyandyellowcardinal.ChildrenfromlocalschoolsandJaneGoodall’sRoots&Shootsgroupsmadecostumeswithrecycledmaterialsanddressedupasoneofthefouranimals.

Intheircolourfulcostumesandmasks,theparadewasfestiveandfun,reachingover2,000peopleattheevent.Atthesametime,studentsalsostartedtounderstandforthemselvestheveryrealthreatsfacedbytheanimalstheyrepresentedandtheurgentneedforconservation.Someofthechildren,suchasthepre-schoolRoots&Shootsgroup“TheJaguarExplorers”(“Losexploradoresyaguaretés”),evengottheirfamiliesinvolved.

JaneGoodallwasonhandtojointheparade,encouragingeveryonetosharehervisionforaworldwherewecanlivemoreharmoniouslywithnature.Andlocalcelebritiesalsogotinvolved,

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makingavideotocapturepeople’sattentionandspreadawareness.

JGIArgentina’scampaignisstillgoingstrong.Thisyear,childrenhavebeenmakingpostersandvideosaboutthethreatsthatjaguarsfacefrompoaching.

15schoolsandnearly700youthhavebeeninvolvedinJGIArgentina’scampaignandhelpedspreadthemessagetotheirfamily,friendsandthepublic.Withmanyoftheyoungpeoplehavingonceownedwildanimalsaspets,thiscampaignhithomewithimmediateimpact.

• Livetraffickingofwildlifecausesimmensesufferingtoanimalsduringthehuntanddur-ingtheirclandestinejourneytotheirdestination.Theyareoftenhandledinappropriatelyandmaysufferterribleconditionsintransportationandcaptivity.Manyanimalsdieenroute.

• Allsortsofanimalsaretraffickedfortheexoticpetmarketandtherearemarketsallovertheworld.Reptilesandamphibians,includingvulnerablespecies,aretraffickedinthegreatestnumbers.AccordingtoTRAFFIC,morethan6040Indianstartortoiseswereseizedgloballyin2017.Birdsarealsowidelytraffickedaspets.

• Demandforexoticpetsisadriverofwildlifetrafficking.Withprotectedspeciesopenlytraded,egonsocialmedia,buyersmaybeunawarethattheirinterestinanimalsisfund-ingcrime,crueltyandenvironmentaldamage.

• Peoplewhoseesuspiciousadvertsforexoticpetsonsocialmediashouldreportthistothecompanyusingtheplatform’sreportingtools,egFacebookreporting

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