David Kirkby was a US FWS Special Agent for twenty years, from 1988 until he retired in 2008. Raised in North Canton, Ohio, Kirkby worked for years in the federal wildlife refuge system, starting in the west desert of Utah before moving to Montana’s Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge, and then the Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge in southern Illinois. From there, he moved into US FWS’s law enforcement division, first as a wildlife inspector at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. That helped prepare him for another shift, as a special agent. In 1988, after additional extensive training, he began as a FWS Special Agent, with his first duty station in Montgomery, Alabama. Eventually, Kirkby moved back to Chicago, where he pursued numerous complex multi-year undercover investigations, including ones on primate smuggling and on the pet tarantula trade. This episode of “The WildLife” was posted on August XX, 2011.
The WildLife is a show that explores the mysteries of the animal world through interviews with scientists, authors and other wildlife investigators. It airs every Monday from 1-2 pm EST on The Radiator, WOMM-LP, 105.9 FM in Burlington, Vermont.
The WildLife: Life of a Wildlife Special Agent, Sheila O'Connor
The WildLife: Ocellated Turkeys, Jon McRoberts
The WildLife: Financing Wildlife Conservation, Ray Victurine
The WildLife: Hawaii's Reef Fish & Aquarium Trade, Robert Wintner
The WildLife: Hawaii's Aquarium Trade, Rene Umberger
The WildLife: Bear Behavior & Emotions, Else Poulsen, Part II
The WildLife: A Zookeeper's Bear Adventures, Else Poulsen, Part I
The WildLife: Lorises, Anna Nekaris
The WildLife: Connections between Wildlife, Livestock and Human Health, Steve Osofsky
The WildLife: Geoduck Trade, Craig Welch
The WildLife: Wildlife Rescue Centers, Tracy O'Toole
The WildLife: Elephant Seals, Christine Heinrichs
The WildLife: Smithsonian's Feather Identification Lab, Marcy Heacker
The WildLife: Rhino Horn Trade, Rhishja Larson
The WildLife: Marine Aquarium Trade, Brian Tissot
The WildLife: Gorillas & Bushmeat Trade, Pierre Fidenci
The WildLife: Philippine Forest Turtle, Pierre Fidenci
The WildLife: Wildlife Forensics & Mammal Hair, Michael Gonzalez
The WildLife: Reef Sounds, Corals and Reef Fishes, Steve Simpson
The WildLife: Brazil's Illegal Bird Trade, Juliana Machado Ferreira
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