The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold an oversight hearing on the impacts that U.S. consumer demand is having on the illegal and unsustainable trade of wildlife products and ongoing and proposed efforts to increase public awareness about these impacts.

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Oversight Hearing on the Illegal Wildlife Trade

When:
Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Benito A. Perez, Chief, Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Crawford Allan, Director, TRAFFIC North America
Marcel Bigue, Deputy Director, WildAid
Michael Kowalski, Chairman and CEO, Tiffany & Co.
Kaddu Sebunya, Director of Program Design, African Wildlife Foundation

The hearing will be webcast live on the Committee's Web site at: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/.