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Rhyan Tompkins and Cindy Mercado presented the Foreman Biodiversity Lecture on March 5.
Photo by Austin Sigl.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

By Sarah Shirley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhyan Tompkins and Cindy Mercado, wildlife inspectors with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, presented the Foreman Bioversity Lecture on \u201cThe Black Market for Wildlife and America\u2019s Front-line Defense\u201d on March 5 at Stetson Law’s Gulfport campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur job is to capture\u00a0the illicit trade\u00a0and facilitate the legal movement of certain animals,\u201d said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Inspector Cindy Mercado. People smuggle animals into the United States daily through a means of many creative ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI never thought that people would go to such extreme measures to get animals into the United States,\u201d said Mercado. \u201cSmuggling illegal wildlife into our nation is a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fish and Wildlife inspectors work with approximately 140 inspectors nationally, in effort to enforce the federal wildlife laws. Mercado emphasized the need for change to our legal system so that the punishment is suitable for the crime, and hopes that people begin to better understand the effect of illegal wildlife in on our nation.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildlife inspectors of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service are the nation\u2019s front-line defense against illegal wildlife trade, a criminal enterprise that threatens species worldwide. The presenters led a talk on global wildlife trafficking and transnational organized crime and provided an in-depth look into federal wildlife investigations and smuggling activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tompkins and Mercado have more than two decades of combined wildlife inspector experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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