Inside 15 Years of U.S. Wildlife Trade Data

<p>There’s been a lot of talk about the wildlife trade since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic hit the global stage in early 2020. While much of the attention has been paid to locales overseas, the United States is also involved in the wildlife trade; in fact, more than $2 billion of items – over 400,000,000 items - were imported in 2014 alone.</p> <p><strong>Faunalytics</strong>, a non-profit that conducts research and shares knowledge to help advocates help animals effectively, took 15 years of data from legal wildlife import data and analyzed it. The results are staggering. I was joined by <strong>Karol Orzechowski</strong>, Faunalytics’ content director, to discuss the wildlife trade report, the Canadian connection, and what we can all do to make a difference.</p> <p>Read the Faunalytics report: <a href= "https://faunalytics.org/wildlife-imports/">https://faunalytics.org/wildlife-imports/</a></p> <p>Follow Defender Radio on Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/howiemichael">https://www.instagram.com/howiemichael</a></p> <p>Follow Defender Radio on Facebook: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/DefenderRadio/">https://www.facebook.com/DefenderRadio/</a></p> <p>Learn more about The Fur-Bearers: <a href= "https://thefurbearers.com/">https://thefurbearers.com/</a></p>