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NECIS member testifies at House subcommittee hearing on invasive species

Peter T. Jenkins, Director of International Conservation for Defenders of Wildlife, testifed today before the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans. Download Testimony.doc

Defenders of Wildlife releases new report on Invasives

Defenders' major new report, "Broken Screens: The Regulation of Live Animal Imports in the United States," details the failures of the regulatory system for live, wild animal imports in the United States. This report is an unprecedented examination of the low level of protection given by the lax U.S. system from the risks that non-native animal species pose to our environment and to public health. See the full report here.