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Publication - Independent report

Exotic pets - Scottish Animal Welfare Commission: interim report

Published
3 September 2021
Directorate
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Farming and rural
ISBN
9781802013290

An interim report produced by the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission on exotic pets in Scotland.

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Appendix IV - Exotic animals - Scottish SPCA welfare cases 2016-2020

This table shows numbers of animals received at Scottish SPCA animal welfare centres in the years 2016 – 2020, as described on receipt at the centres.

Snake
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5yr total
African House Snake - - - - 1 1
Boa Constrictor 11 8 6 6 8 39
Bullsnake 1 - - 1 - 2
Burmese Python - 1 2 - 1 4
Carpet Python 1 - 1 3 - 5
Colombian Rainbow Boa - - - - 1 1
Cornsnake 73 69 56 76 42 316
Garter 1 4 - - - 5
Hognose - - - 1 2 3
Japanese Rat Snake - - - - 1 1
Kingsnake 7 8 6 3 1 25
Mandarin Rat Snake - - - 1 1 2
Milk 3 3 5 7 - 18
Pine Snake - - - 1 - 1
Python - - 3 4 2 9
Rat 1 5 3 3 - 12
Reticulated Python 3 - - 10 - 13
Rosy Boa - - 1 - - 1
Royal Python 12 11 6 9 11 49
Taiwanese Beauty Rat - - - - 1 1
Western Hognose - 1 - 1 1 3
Total 113 110 90 126 72 511
Reptile
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5yr total
Bearded Dragon 36 27 30 32 20 113
Bosc Monitor Lizard 1 - 1 1 - 3
Chameleon 1 3 - 1 - 5
Common Lizard 1 1 1 1 - 4
Frilled Lizard 1 2 - - - 3
Gecko 23 24 18 15 4 84
Iguana 5 2 1 1 - 9
Lizard 1 7 1 9
Plated Lizard 1 - - - - 1
Turtle 6 3 - - 2 11
Uromastyx - 1 - - - 1
Water Dragon - - -- 1 2 3
Total 75 63 52 59 29 278
Terrapin
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5yr total
Map Turtle - 5 1 4 3 13
Mississippi Map Turtle 10 1 3 2 1 17
Musk Turtle - - 4 10 5 19
Red Eared Terrapin 4 3 2 3 1 13
Terrapin 51 34 39 17 9 150
Yellow Bellied Slider 69 36 17 25 19 166
Total 134 79 66 61 38 378
Tortoise
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5yr total
Hermann’s 8 10 10 8 5 41
Horsfield 12 18 17 18 6 71
Leopard 1 2 1 4
Other Tortoise - - 1 2 - 3
Red-footed Tortoise 1 2 3 - - 6
Spur Thighed 2 1 2 1 - 6
Total 24 32 36 27 12 131
Amphibians
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5yr total
African Clawed Frog 2 - 5 2 2 11
Axolotl 1 3 5 1 4 14
Common Frog 4 - 3 1 1 9
Common Lizard 1 - - - 1 2
Common Toad 4 1 1 - - 6
Green Tree Frog - - - 1 - 1
Newt - - 1 - - 1
Oriental Fire Bellied Toad 2 - - - - 2
Salamander 1 4 - - - 5
Total 15 8 15 5 8 51
Arachnid
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5yr total
Asian Chevron Earth Tiger Tarantula - - - 1 - 1
Bird Eating - - - - 1 1
Chilean Rose 1 - 1 2 1 5
Red Knee Tarantula - - 1 - - 1
Scorpion - - 1 1 - 2
Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula - - - - 1 1
Spider 2 2 6 1 1 12
Tarantula 3 3 16 - 3 25
Total 6 5 25 6 6 48
Gastropoda
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 5yr total
Land Snail 2 4 - 24 8 38
Total 2 4 24 8 38
Pig
Kune Kune - - - 1 - 1
Pig 1 - 4 - 2 7
Pot Bellied 1 - - - - 1
Total 2 4 1 2 9
Grand Total 371 300 287 311 175 1,444

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Email: SAWC.Secretariat@gov.scot

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