China's Exotic Pets! Cranwell's Horned Frog & Saltwater Crocodile

A clip from the short film 'Exotic', which I directed and filmed in 2017 , made with National Geographic @natgeo and the Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter , about exotic pet ownership and China's role in the global wildlife trade.

The global illegal wildlife trade is estimated to generate hundred of millions of dollars annually, although exact figures are hard to come by.

What is known is that the trafficking of animals is seeing a global spike in occurrence, leading to many species becoming increasingly threatened and significantly contributing to the current worldwide biodiversity extinction crisis.

Due to the scale of exotic pet ownership in China, it is a significant environmental issue as more affluent consumers turn to these types of animals as pets, fuelling the destruction and damage to ecosystems across the world.

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[josephlongbone]

No no, I get the frog, but a saltwater crocodile can grow to be 7 metres of man eating dragon and can live to almost 100 years old.

They are not appropriate for pets at all.