Wildlife Crimes ~ Wildlife Trafficking

February 11, 2015

Presidential Taskforce Releases Implementation Plan 
for Strategy to Combat Wildlife Trafficking

http://www.fws.gov/

Tigers are endangered throughout their range. 
Credit: Harshawardhan Dhanwatey, Tiger Research and Conservation Trust

http://wildlifeofafrica.blogspot.com/p/wildlife-crimes-wildlife-trafficking.html

February 11, 2015
Reposted from Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov


Recognizing that wildlife trafficking is an urgent conservation and national security threat, the U.S. Departments of the Interior, Justice and State have released the implementation plan for the U.S. National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking. Says U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell: "We have reached a pivotal moment where we must take effective action or risk seeing iconic species go extinct in the wild. With this national strategy, we are taking the steps needed to both shut down illegal trade, including raising awareness and support through our trade agreements, while helping source countries crack down on poaching." 

News Release

http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=7951DFF8-CE81-2693-CFBF3FE6BF8BC905

Implementation Plan
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/237592.pdf

Director's Blog: A Co~ordinated Federal Approach to Combat Wildlife Trafficking
http://www.fws.gov/director/dan-ashe/index.cfm/2015/2/11/A-Coordinated-Federal-Approach-to-Combatting-Wildlife-Trafficking

Read More
http://www.fws.gov/international/wildlife-trafficking/index.html