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Timothy Santel

Timothy Santel is a retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agent who spent more than 32 years investigating wildlife crime. Raised in the rural Midwest, his early connection to nature led to a career tackling some of the largest wildlife trafficking cases in U.S. history. As a special agent and later Special Agent in Charge of the FWS Special Investigations Unit, Tim helped lead major undercover operations including Operation Snow Plow, Operation Crash, Operation Apex and Operation Manhattan, exposing criminal networks trafficking big cat parts, rhino horn, ivory and shark fins. Today, he continues that work as Senior Advisor for Wildlife Trafficking Programs at Focused Conservation.

https://focusedconservation.org