Show notes
This week’s warrior is Ryan Tate. Ryan is a Marine veteran and co-founder of VETPAW. VETPAW does some amazing things. In the podcast, we’ll talk about:
- What is a warrior?
- What is VETPAW?
- The crisis of poaching and illegal trading.
- Kinessa Johnson
- Ryan’s challenges
- Ryan’s inspirations.
About VETPAW: VETPAW collaborates closely with rangers, national parks, and government agencies. This includes working side-by-side with anti-poaching patrols, implementing infantry tactics, unit cohesion, medical skills, and other game-changing tools in the modern poaching war. We ensure that rangers have the best equipment to fight well-armed poachers.
VETPAW promotes capacity- and relationship building in East Africa, elevating the perception of the military at home and abroad while preventing the extinction of keystone species and ecosystems.

