​In the UK, there are very few restrictions on the types of animals that can be kept as pets. For instance, it is legal to own a skunk, alligator snapping turtle or a 3-metre long boa constrictor with no paperwork required!

​In pet shops and other commercial premises, snakes are typically kept in conditions so cramped that they cannot stretch to their full length. Yet overwhelming scientific evidence shows that snakes, just like other animal

Imagine a jumble sale, but instead of bric-a-brac and cast-off clothes, the stall offered live animals for sale. ​In England, thousands of exotic animals are sold in this way, in substandard conditions from market stalls.