AI-powered cameras, drones, and smart sensors are helping rangers stop wildlife poachers before they strike and protect endangered animals.
Nature reserve managers, rangers, international funders, and local non-profit organisations have invested millions of dollars in anti-poaching interventions. These include tracking dogs to track ...
Poachers illegally shoot, trap, and take the wild game, fish, and ornamental plants from protected or private lands for their own profit. Poachers don’t care about critically endangered species or illegal hunting, even in the presence of park rangers.
It involves a chain of actors—from poachers at the source, to traffickers who move products across borders, to consumers who drive demand for rare and endangered species.
Poachers capture and sell wild and rare animals in the illegal pet trade. Illegal loggers exploit timber-tree species. Traffickers harvest rare flowers for illegal sale to collectors and for use in cosmetics.
In addition to killing for direct profit, poachers target animals to prevent them from destroying crops or attacking livestock.
The criminal profile of deer poachers has changed from a boozy scofflaw looking for free meat and thrills to a greedy self-aggrandizer with an antler affinity bordering on addiction. “A lot of people ...
The Hill: How the Farm Bill can conserve wildlife and working landscapes
For decades, development and road building throughout the U.S. progressed with little thought to how it might affect the movement of wildlife. But only recently have scientists had the technology and ...
The Hill: Global wildlife trafficking on the rise, aided by drug cartels
Global wildlife trafficking is on the rise, adding a dimension to transnational crime and increasing the risk that U.S. corporations could unwittingly become entangled in the illicit trade. A new ...