Ed Grace, Craig Hoover, Fish and Wildlife Service

It's been about six months since the Fish and Wildlife Service began the process of implementing a near-complete ban on commercial trade in ivory. There are ver...

It’s been about six months since the Fish and Wildlife Service began the process of implementing a near-complete ban on commercial trade in ivory. There are very few exceptions, like for musicians traveling internationally. The service recently cracked one of the biggest wildlife trafficking rings to date. Ed Grace is the deputy assistant director for the agency’s Office of Law Enforcement and Craig Hoover is chief of the Wildlife Trade and Conservation Branch in the International Affairs Program. Hoover told Tom Temin and Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive how this new effort got started.

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