Add to ORKGSocial media is known to influence consumers’ attitudes and to increase demand for wild animals as pets, when depicted online. We investigate the online presence of the nocturnal primates galagos, on TikTok and Instagram, and its influence on followers’ attitudes and desire to keep galagos as pets. We monitored activity June - December 2020 and conducted sentiment analysis on 21976 comments. We assessed trends in Google searches and estimated the international trade of live galagos using CITES reports. Post views increased up to 472% within the study period. Posts were mostly from Japan, Thailand, and Russia, with comments in 43 different languages. Of the comments, 95% were positive, e.g., "cute"' and "I want one". Google searches of the t...
In response to growing reports of otters in the pet trade, and suggestions that the popularity of pe...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DO...
The legal and illegal trade in wildlife is a multi-dollar industry that has detrimental impacts on s...
Social media has been shown to impact how people perceive wild animals, which in turn influences the...
Content shared on social media platforms can impact public perceptions of wildlife. These perception...
Content shared on social media platforms can impact public perceptions of wildlife. These perception...
The rise of social media is changing the global trade of wildlife, presenting new challenges and opp...
The exploitation of threatened exotic species via social media challenges efforts to regulate the ex...
The internet is gaining importance in global wildlife trade and changing perceptions of threatened s...
BACKGROUND: The internet is gaining importance in global wildlife trade and changing perceptions of ...
Abstract Exotic pet supply is a key, predominantly legal, component of global wildlife trade, but fe...
Apes continue to be trafficked to meet the demand for pets or zoos. Indonesia, the most diverse coun...
The trade in primates as pets is a global enterprise and as access to the Internet has increased, so...
Background: The internet is gaining importance in global wildlife trade and changing perceptions of ...
There is limited knowledge of the mechanisms that can inspire people’s concern and engagement in the...
In response to growing reports of otters in the pet trade, and suggestions that the popularity of pe...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DO...
The legal and illegal trade in wildlife is a multi-dollar industry that has detrimental impacts on s...
Social media has been shown to impact how people perceive wild animals, which in turn influences the...
Content shared on social media platforms can impact public perceptions of wildlife. These perception...
Content shared on social media platforms can impact public perceptions of wildlife. These perception...
The rise of social media is changing the global trade of wildlife, presenting new challenges and opp...
The exploitation of threatened exotic species via social media challenges efforts to regulate the ex...
The internet is gaining importance in global wildlife trade and changing perceptions of threatened s...
BACKGROUND: The internet is gaining importance in global wildlife trade and changing perceptions of ...
Abstract Exotic pet supply is a key, predominantly legal, component of global wildlife trade, but fe...
Apes continue to be trafficked to meet the demand for pets or zoos. Indonesia, the most diverse coun...
The trade in primates as pets is a global enterprise and as access to the Internet has increased, so...
Background: The internet is gaining importance in global wildlife trade and changing perceptions of ...
There is limited knowledge of the mechanisms that can inspire people’s concern and engagement in the...
In response to growing reports of otters in the pet trade, and suggestions that the popularity of pe...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DO...
The legal and illegal trade in wildlife is a multi-dollar industry that has detrimental impacts on s...