Wild Animals and Other Pets Kept in Costa Rican Households: Incidence, Species and Numbers

Society and Animals

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-126

  Drews, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Animal protection; Biodiversity; Captivity; Conservation; Culture; Illegal; Pet; Psittacid; Welfare; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PISCES; PSITTACIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 84856613181     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853001753639233     Document Type: Article

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