Prevention: files
Non-domesticated exotic animals in circuses
AAP participates in the campaign Wilde Dieren de Tent Uit (No Wild Animals in Circuses).
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2008
Non-domesticated exotic animals kept by individuals
AAP is in favour of establishing a so-called 'Positive List'. This list would include all animal species private individuals are in fact allowed to keep. Any other species it would simply be forbidden to sell or own. AAP believes the following criteria should be decisive in composing the Positive List:
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2008
Barbary Macaques
AAP cooperates with the Species Survival Network and the World Wildlife Fund to protect the threatened Barbary Macaques in Morocco. Young Barbary Macaques are smuggled on a relatively large scale from Morocco to Europe to serve as pets. After some time the animals are dumped by their owner, because once Barbary Macaques become older, they are not just unsuitable as pets but also dangerous.
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2008
Non-domesticated exotic animals in zoos
AAP is an associate member of the European Association of Zoo's and Aquaria (EAZA).
AAP believes that zoos have legitimacy, provided they play a serious role in the education about animals they show, and contribute to the protection of certain species.
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2008
Enforcing CITES in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is a large player in the international trade in exotic non-domesticated animals. The economic interests are enormous. Apart from legal trade, illegal trade in exotic animals is also substantial, although nobody knows the exact scope. AAP wants to use all its experience in diminishing the illegal trade. Apart from this, AAP works as a partner of the Dutch government, taking in animals they confiscate within the framework of the CITES convention.
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2008
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