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A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet marketplaces and becoming popular on social media.

The two-week izs scheduled to run through Friday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Several proposals related to the pet trade will be considered this week.

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