Wildlife Crime

Today, Shannon spoke about wildlife crime. The king pins, sellers, buyers, and intermediaries. Buying the ivory earrings and saying "well, I didn't kill it" doesn't erase the demand that comes along with the poaching of the elephant tusks. To ease wildlife crime, specifically in exploitation, you need to minimize the demand. Shark fins are a sign of wealth in some areas... Shark fin soup. First, that sounds disgusting. Second, who the heck thought that was a delicious idea? Does one shark fin taste better than another. 🤢 Erik made a valid point that the brief should have hit on what we can do as a society to stop the demand. Policies only go so far. Yes, policies help, especially when it comes to criminal punishment, but this becomes an illegal trade to skirt around those policies. Just a rather interesting topic..Read more