Non-native monitor lizard found in Singapore flat casts spotlight on illegal exotic pet trade

Non-native monitor lizard found in Singapore flat casts spotlight on illegal exotic pet trade

KEEPING MONITOR LIZARDS AS PETS ILLEGAL, DANGEROUS Mr Kannan Raja, president of the Herpetological Society of Singapore, said Rock Monitors are generally large animals.  “Being a Rock Monitor, which is clearly not native, this animal would not have ended up here by itself,” he said.  “So this is probably part of the illegal pet trade. So it … Read more