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The world is a safer place for animals today than it was last week.
Last Friday, President Obama signed into law the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Act. The law, for which Congress came together in a rare bipartisan effort to pass, will strengthen efforts around the world to protect animals from poaching and the illegal trade of wildlife, also known as wildlife trafficking. It allows for harsher penalties for wildlife trafficking crimes, provides support for the rangers fighting poachers in the wild and pushes the countries where trafficking is most prevalent to join the U.S. in the fight ...