進口緬甸蟒作為寵物並放入佛州溼地，牠將會捕食美國的本土物種；2003年從非洲進口的甘比亞巨鼠則帶來了高傳染性的猴痘病毒；而寵物鳥帶來的新城病（Exotic Newcastle disease），將會重重打擊家禽養殖業。
目前對於合法交易活生動物所作過最詳盡的分析，在1日由「野生物保衛者」組織（Defenders of Wildlife）所發表，當中顯示幾近1/7合法進口的外來物種會對本土野生物、人類健康、國內動物造成潛在威脅，有些物種甚至具有多重危險性。
研究小組更發現負責監管活生動物進口的聯邦機構，並無法採取簡便、價廉的措施來降低這些危險性。
因而非營利團體也表示，在「洞見：美國活生動物進口管理規則」中詳細說明了聯邦機構「可以且應該採取以減少危機」的主動措施。
Burmese pythons imported as pets and released into the Florida Everglades are preying on U.S. native species. Gambian giant rats, imported from Africa in 2003, brought the highly contagious monkeypox virus. Pet birds carry Exotic Newcastle disease, which could devastate the poultry industry.
The most detailed analysis ever done of the legal trade in live animals, released Wednesday by Defenders of Wildlife, shows that nearly one in seven non-native animal species legally imported pose a potential risk to native wildlife, human health or domestic animals, and some species could pose multiple risks.
The group discovered that the federal agencies charged with overseeing live animal imports are failing to take simple, inexpensive steps that could reduce these risks.
"Broken Screens: The Regulation of Live Animal Imports in the United States," details the proactive steps that these federal agencies "could and should take to reduce our risk," said the nonprofit group.
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