Tarantula Hoarding - A Discussion

About this episode

The episode discusses listener feedback, an article on illegal pet trade, and the complexities of tarantula hoarding in the pet community.

First off, we'll take listener comments about last week's episode on feeding. Then, we discuss the article, "Environmentalists Seek Protections for Malaysian Tarantula Targeted by Illegal Pet Trade" and how it applies to the tarantula hobby. And finally, it's onto our main topic. Is tarantula hoarding really a thing? We'll break down why the word "hoarding" is often tossed around and how this question, especially when it comes to pet influencers, is a bit more complicated to answe...

Topics covered

• listener comments
• illegal pet trade
• tarantula hoarding
• pet influencers

Keywords

• tarantulas
• environmentalists
• pet trade
• hobby

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Environmentalists Seek Protections for Malaysian Tarantula Targeted by Illegal Pet Trade

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