This week, Actuality visits a lab at the front line of the fight against a peculiar crime—animal trafficking. The global black market for snakes, sea cucumbers, ivory and the like is hot, but the world is starting to crack down.
This week, Actuality visits a lab at the front line of the fight against a peculiar crime—animal trafficking. The global black market for snakes, sea cucumbers, ivory and the like is hot, but the world is starting to crack down.
Plus, whale euthanasia.
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This week, we visited the US Fish and Wildlife’s New York lab, and spoke to the World Wildlife Fund’s Crawford Allan and Marketplace reporter Tracey Samuelson. Our surprising discovery was reported by the Australian Broadcasting Company. We also promised you some more pictures of the lab, so without further ado:
This is the final episode of Actuality’s first season; we will return bigger and better than ever in March.
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