Wildlife Trafficking and Conservation: A Call to Action
![Elephants gather at dusk to drink at a watering hole in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya on March 25, 2012. [AP Photo/Ben Curtis]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130214171550im_/http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/2012_1109_wildlife_elephants_m.jpg)
About the Author: Tara Sonenshine serves as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
We can do more to build public awareness about the destructive ramifications of wildlife trafficking.
That was the key rallying point at a meeting that I convened recently with members of the wildlife NGO community — all of them working in different ways to address trafficking, whether through lobbying governments, supporting law enforcement efforts, building awareness campaigns, or working with partners to create change.
In this, I was joined by Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert Hormats, and Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International… more »
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just did a whole presentation/paper on this. Shit’s fucked up.
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