It has been suggested that the expanding overseas trade in sugar gliders was initiated from illegally sourced sugar gliders from Australia, which were bred for resale in Indonesia. DNA analysis, however, indicates that "the USA sugar glider population originates from West Papua, Indonesia with no illegal harvesting from other native areas such as Papua New Guinea or Australia". There have been media and internet articles which evidence a history of cruelty, and reporting on why sugar gliders should not be kept as pets. There are Sugar glider rescue organisations that cope with surrendered and abandoned sugar gliders