th, Latin America & the Caribbean MEXICO: Risk of Exotic Pets Morphing into Invasive Pests By Emilio Godoy Reprint | | Print | Emilio GodoyMEXICO CITY, Jul 20 2010 (IPS) - Turtles, frogs, toads and many kinds of birds are imported into Mexico as pets by the thousands every year, but they constitute an environmental and economic threat when they are invasive exotic species.