Exotic pet trade
Subject in Nature
Exotic pet trade has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Maya HigaConservationist, content creator and founder of Alveus Sanctuary in Austin, Texas
Higa argues servals are unsuitable pets because they behave nothing like domestic cats and can be dangerous.
“They don't act like domestic cats. They don't want to live inside. They can be very dangerous”
TED Radio Hour: Can curiosity save the wild? (Oct 30, 2026) · Listen from 18:54
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
Episodes
Can curiosity save the wild?TED Radio Hour · Oct 30, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with conservationist Maya Higa about livestreamed wildlife sanctuaries and computational linguist Jeffrey Reed about using AI to study Yellowstone wolf howls.