plant smuggling is a time Dishonored tradition there weren’t many regulations
tradition there weren’t many regulations
tradition there weren’t many regulations a long time ago and a lot of people have
a long time ago and a lot of people have
a long time ago and a lot of people have had to had to come up to speed and
had to had to come up to speed and
had to had to come up to speed and realize just how regulated plants are
realize just how regulated plants are
realize just how regulated plants are now
all plants are required to have proper
all plants are required to have proper paperwork coming through ports of call
paperwork coming through ports of call
paperwork coming through ports of call into this country we receive plants that
into this country we receive plants that
into this country we receive plants that have been seized through the customs
have been seized through the customs
have been seized through the customs officials and the Fish and Wildlife
officials and the Fish and Wildlife
officials and the Fish and Wildlife Service at international airports
Service at international airports
Service at international airports seaports and international borders and a
seaports and international borders and a
seaports and international borders and a lot of that is to protect agricultural
lot of that is to protect agricultural
lot of that is to protect agricultural crops from foreign pathogens some plants
crops from foreign pathogens some plants
crops from foreign pathogens some plants are actively collected all of it’s
are actively collected all of it’s
are actively collected all of it’s driven by demand so if something is slow
driven by demand so if something is slow
driven by demand so if something is slow growing rare recently discovered those
growing rare recently discovered those
growing rare recently discovered those are the hot items so all the plant
are the hot items so all the plant
are the hot items so all the plant collectors really want to have those
collectors really want to have those
collectors really want to have those plants they may or may not think very
plants they may or may not think very
plants they may or may not think very carefully about where they came from
carefully about where they came from
carefully about where they came from things like orchids and cacti and
things like orchids and cacti and
things like orchids and cacti and succulents are two of the main
succulents are two of the main
succulents are two of the main categories that fall under this
categories that fall under this
categories that fall under this situation we’re contacted by the Fish
situation we’re contacted by the Fish
situation we’re contacted by the Fish and Wildlife Service they’ll usually
and Wildlife Service they’ll usually
and Wildlife Service they’ll usually give us a kind of vague description and
give us a kind of vague description and
give us a kind of vague description and a number of plants that they have
a number of plants that they have
a number of plants that they have available the confiscated plants that we
available the confiscated plants that we
available the confiscated plants that we receive have come from primarily South
receive have come from primarily South
receive have come from primarily South America and Southeast Asia when we’ve
America and Southeast Asia when we’ve
America and Southeast Asia when we’ve gotten some big cardboard boxes with
gotten some big cardboard boxes with
gotten some big cardboard boxes with just one or two really big cacti you can
just one or two really big cacti you can
just one or two really big cacti you can see where the root system went into a
see where the root system went into a
see where the root system went into a rock crevice and where it was chopped
rock crevice and where it was chopped
rock crevice and where it was chopped out with a machete and there’s actually
out with a machete and there’s actually
out with a machete and there’s actually kind of an emotional response because I
kind of an emotional response because I
kind of an emotional response because I look at that plant and say you’ve been
look at that plant and say you’ve been
look at that plant and say you’ve been on earth longer than I have and someone
on earth longer than I have and someone
on earth longer than I have and someone just hacked you out of the ground and
just hacked you out of the ground and
just hacked you out of the ground and shipped you off to someone to to turn a
shipped you off to someone to to turn a
shipped you off to someone to to turn a buck those are the ones that kind of get
buck those are the ones that kind of get
buck those are the ones that kind of get to me and make us make me feel like
to me and make us make me feel like
to me and make us make me feel like we’re really doing something worthwhile
we’re really doing something worthwhile
we’re really doing something worthwhile here when we’re secure that the plants
here when we’re secure that the plants
here when we’re secure that the plants we have are a healthy and in good care
we have are a healthy and in good care
we have are a healthy and in good care we send them uptown for display and
we send them uptown for display and
we send them uptown for display and actually that’s a great chance for us to
actually that’s a great chance for us to
actually that’s a great chance for us to educate the public to think about the
educate the public to think about the
educate the public to think about the life of a plant in the wild it has a
life of a plant in the wild it has a
life of a plant in the wild it has a story it’s plugged into a greater web of
story it’s plugged into a greater web of
story it’s plugged into a greater web of life and this is our chance to tell
life and this is our chance to tell
life and this is our chance to tell people that story
people that story
people that story you
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