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Legendary US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Marie Palladini tells us what it was like being one of the first female special agents hired by the Service and about the exciting details of her first undercover investigation involving alligator skin trafficking.

Former US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Kash Schriefer talks about his experience working in the Southeastern United States, the importance of the area to migratory birds, and his efforts to educate as well as apprehend.

Former US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Keith Swindle talks about a long-term investigation he conducted in Hawaii involving threatened and endangered sea birds. As a result of his case, Keith received the Conservation Champion Award from the broader US Fish and Wildlife Service, the only special agent in the history of the Service to receive the award. 

Former US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Steve Furrer talks to us about the importance of endangered species habitat investigations, including an important case he worked on near San Francisco that involved multiple species listed as threatened or endangered.

Former Wildlife Officer for the State of Tennessee, Shawn Karns built a reputation as one of the best and most respected undercover wildlife law enforcement officers in the nation. Join the conversation with Shawn as he describes infiltrating Russian organized crime groups engaged in widespread poaching of the American paddlefish and other species.

So you think you've heard it all, right? Well, be sure to tune in for our conversation with former US Fish and Wildlife Service Special Agent Corky Roberts as he regales us with his story about an unexpected phone call about a suspect who was pregnant with a ... monkey! You can't make this stuff up!

Grizzly bears in the western United States are protected under the Endangered Species Act. As an apex predator, they can be controversial but much of the negativity about them is based on false narratives, rumor, and exaggeration. My guest on this episode, former USFWS Special Agent Steve Stoinski, should know. He worked in the heart of grizzly country and is familiar with the lengths grizzly haters will go to illegally kill them. Join our frank conversation about grizzly bears, their place in the environment, and Steve's investigation of the Barber Point grizzly poaching incident.

Former USFWS Special Agent Erin Dean spent 29 years in service with the USFWS Office of Law Enforcement. As a wildlife inspector, she pioneered the development of the wildlife K9 detection program and became the Service's first K9 detection handler. As a special agent, she investigated sophisticated trafficking networks that combined wildlife, humans, and drugs. As the supervisor overseeing all operations in Southern California, she spearheaded the establishment of the Live Wildlife Confiscation Network, which has since been rolled out nationwide in collaboration with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

Former USFWS Special Agent Sean Mann connects in to the studio to talk about an eagle poaching in progress call that led to the apprehension of a prolific eagle poacher known to travel the Native American pow-wow circuit to sell illegally taken feathers to unknowing members of Native American tribes. The poacher, who always falsely claimed to be a member of various tribes in the US, eventually turned fugitive and your podcast host, Ed Newcomer, assisted Sean in finding him and with the final apprehension in Southern California.

Savannah Morgan, former game warden for the State of California, stops by the studio to talk with us about her investigation of the most prolific plant poacher and trafficker ever apprehended by law enforcement. In this episode, you'll learn about the damage plant poaching causes to our environment and the tremendous illegal profits that poachers stand to earn. It's an exciting cat and mouse story that finally ends in South Africa with the help of your podcast host, Ed Newcomer.