Warning: This episode dives into animal crimes and sensitive topics

On this episode, Dr. G and guest Mark Randell discuss different animal crimes and the LINK between animal and interpersonal violence from a local and global perspective.

Mark Randell is a retired senior detective from the UK police. In that role he was was responsible for covert operations, criminal intelligence and analysis and international cooperation on serious crime and terrorism. He retired from the police 13 years ago and has been running undercover ops, campaigning and training about crimes against animals and their relevance in society on 5 different continents. 

Mark is currently a campaign manager for Naturewatch Foundation, a UK based charity responsible globally for World Animal Day, and also campaigning within many areas inclusing wildlife crime, animal experiments and puppy farming. Mark’s campaigns include working in Ukraine which Naturewatch Foundation has done since 1994 and ‘Protect Animals. Protect People’ that highlights the animals– human abuse link. 

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