72: A Martyr and a Murder. Everglades National Park.

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🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In the late 1800's feathers were a huge fashion craze, to have them on your clothing was a signal of wealth and importance. To obtain these feathers, plume hunters decimated the fragile ecosystem and wading birds of the Everglades. The devastation caused an uproar and a call for conservation efforts to be put into place. Guy Bradley happily accepted the position as Game Warden and wildlife protector of the Everglades. He believed in the cause, and was willing to give his life for it. After his murder, the world finally took notice on what he was fighting so hard to protect.

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Sources:
Death in the Everglades - The Murder of Guy Bradley. America’s First Martyr to Environmentalism by Stuart B Melver, NPS, Smithsonian, Wild Birds Online, WLRN, Animals Mom

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0:32.0	Across the United States, game wardens are known by various names.
0:37.0	Conservation officers, wildlife officers, wildlife troopers,
0:41.0	whichever they are called, their duties hold to be true, no matter where they are.
0:47.0	They are law enforcement officers, protectors of wildlife and community educators.
0:54.0	Their careers and their lives are dedicated to protecting natural resources.
0:59.0	They are leading conservation seminars, holding educational seminars for locals,
1:05.0	or arresting and putting charges forth on people who dare harm or desecrate these important and special places.
1:12.0	You may find them in an office, a conference room, deep in the wild tundra's,
1:17.0	boating through thick swamps, or directing traffic around a herd of bison.
1:22.0	They're people of many faces.
1:24.0	Protecting wild species isn't important to everyone,
1:28.0	and some people don't understand it at all.
1:31.0	That's why, when Guy Bradley accepted a job as a game warden in the Everglades to protect birds,
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