Our Wild World

We are dealing with an unprecedented spike in illegal wildlife trade, threatening to overturn decades of conservation gains. Wildlife overexploitation and crime is big business these days beyond the slippery slope and repercussions of impending extinctions. With my guest today, Will Gartshore of WWF we’ll gain in-depth understanding of the wide net involved in and stemming from illegal wildlife trafficking, and what the US government, our Congress, and the current Administration is doing about it. Will’s expertise is U.S. government relations and is World Wildlife Fund’s lead congressional liaison to overall issues of wildlife crime and trafficking. Will is actively involved in discussions around the US National Strategy on Combatting Wildlife Trafficking; the President’s Executive Order; and State Department activities among the security and intelligence communities on the illegal trade’s ties to transnational organized crime groups.