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Some of the poachers, he said, had stolen honey buried by the Jarawa and destroyed the carved containers used to store it.

"The day we found her in the jail, we walked in and the first we saw was one of the poachers sneezed on her, " Ramer recalled.

Often working at night, the poachers shoot whole herds of antelopes at a time, leaving only the babies, whose wool is not worth so much.

The only thing Mark ever did was throw firecrackers out of his plane, but just to scare poachers, not to hurt anyone.

For poachers, North Luangwa's isolation made it a favored hunting ground.

Dead animals have often been found to be missing claws, and animal activists say this point to the involvement of poachers.

The poachers attach the spear to a length of rope, throw the spear into a hippo , and then pull out and repeat until the animal is dead.

"The forest department staff in Bangladesh need more training, because now the poachers are very sophisticated, " he said.

Her body had been sprayed with bullets, but she had managed to escape the poachers.

Tiger conservationists relate a disheartening tale of years of painstaking successes wiped out by poachers and corrupt forest officials.

However, aid that helps African nations fight poachers has dried up and the illegal ivory trade has returned to its previous high levels.

Chinese nationals working on projects in Africa were placing orders for tusks with poachers, she said.

For much of the past half-century, the Taiwanese military presence on Mazu has been a deterrent to mainland poachers.

At least 14 poachers, all Mozambican, have been arrested and several illegal firearms seized in Kruger this year.

Often, poachers roam villages in groups of up to 100, picking up thousands of tortoises over several weeks.

Mechi came to the zoo three years ago after being found in the wilds of Nepal after her mother was killed by poachers.

We received a radio message that Bernard Mutondo [one of the commercial poachers] was coming to camp to shoot elephants, to kill them.

Thankfully, Hope's calf managed to escape the poachers, and was discovered in the care of a breeding female, without any injuries.

Kenya Wildlife Service spokesman Paul Mbugua said at least 10 poachers entered the northern side of Tsavo East National Park.

By now I'd realised that the stalkers might be poachers, and poachers don't like being watched by anyone.

KWS discovered the elephant's body lying in the middle of the road with its tusks taken by poachers.

"If you want poachers, " the first said, "go up the road. Those guys cut wood in the day and poach at night. "

She knew somehow that he'd saved her after she'd lost her mother to poachers.

She'd been rescued after her mother was butchered by poachers.

But as the number of Oryx grew, they attracted more poachers who tried to catch them alive for sale outside Oman.

These officers will be used with the chopper on shock operations in which we hit the worst poachers very hard and with lasting effect.

"We want to see poachers behind bars, not tigers, " says World Bank President Robert Zoellick.

People gather around the disfigured bodies of vicunas that were allegedly killed by poachers.

For years, Indian officials brushed off warnings that poachers were killing off the Bengal tiger, India's national animal.

At least 11 rangers were killed by poachers there over the same period.

Strictly protected as an endangered species, the magnificent Bengal tiger is nonetheless a common target for poachers.

they said they established good relations there, even with people who were known to have worked as carriers for commercial poachers.

Over the decades poachers and desperate villagers raided the parks and decimated the populations of elephants, hippos, and lions.

Officially, guards are allowed to defend themselves if poachers shoot.

As the surviving wildebeest funnelled along the fence in search of water, they entered a hunting area, where poachers lay in wait.

They say that Mark's instruction to scouts to kill poachers was taken out of context.

The suggestion that it was poachers rather than licensed stalkers who shot the Emperor is backed up by the Frankpitt family.

Vietnam confirmed that the last rhinoceros in the country was killed earlier this year, most likely by poachers.

But when poachers carrying rifles or machetes traipse by a detector, it will send a radio signal to a treetop antenna.

Luu said poachers typically hunt the animals for food or shoot mother gibbons to capture the infants to be sold as pets.

But the cost of keeping the animals in and the poachers out may make them uneconomic.

A new programme uses DNA technology to track rhinos and their parts to help catch poachers.

The Florida summer heats up quickly with heart- pounding shark encounters and the daring pursuit of two shark- fin poachers .

They were later declared to have been poachers, and the park authorities were accused of conspiring to intimidate their families.

But when poachers carrying rifles walk by a detector, it will send a radio signal to a treetop antenna .

The Virtues have been decimated by poachers, with the chief matriarch, Resilience killed only last week.

The stylish Sindlesham Mill restaurant, lounge and bar, as well as the grade 2 listed Poachers pub, gives dining options for all tastes.

The three poachers told police she had been snatched from the forest in the Congo, but they didn't kidnap the baby themselves.

"We don't negotiate, we don't give any warning, we shoot first, " said Mr. Onyango, the chief ranger, of their battle against poachers.

Elephants are highly intelligent animals whose sophisticated social ties are exploited by poachers.

Logging roads both provide access to remote forest areas for ivory poachers and serve as conduits of advancing human settlement.

The owner said she could no longer afford to protect the animals from poachers.

"When a gang of poachers with guns and machetes come and take tortoises, the villagers are defenceless, " Mr Rafeliarisoa says.

They say the farms would increase market demand for tiger parts -- making the illegal trade in the parts more attractive to poachers .

Sometimes poachers are killed and occasionally scouts have been killed.

Cheetahs live mainly on gazelles and other medium size antelopes , and can end up being caught by the dangerous silent poachers' weapons.

So we keep putting them into zoos to protect them from poachers, as well as from habitat destruction.

Fouche and Owens were once allies in the fight against poachers but fell out over what Fouche said were disagreements about tactics.

Poachers are becoming far more organized and armed with sophisticated weapons and night vision equipment.

Eighty-four rhinos have been killed by poachers in the country so far this year, a jump from the 13 deaths in 2007.

To keep poachers from slipping in under cover of darkness, patrols continue long after sunset and begin again before dawn.

Although we have not yet run into poachers, it must be only a matter of time until we do.

The Chinese workers plowed a road through the jungle, leaving a wide, red gash that opened this once impenetrable forest to poachers .

Poachers, looking to sell tiger bones for medicinal purposes, have ravaged the population.

Whenever we tried to hunt, we were called poachers.

Rhinoceros poachers are killing an estimated two to three of the rare animals each week.

Now a tourist guide, Anil Mistry represents a growing tribe of poachers-turned-protectors.

On Russia's Kamchatka peninsula, brown bears are starving as poachers pillage a wealth of salmon.

They were used as war dogs and catch dogs against poachers and the ill- intentioned.

Many are hit by trains or cars, or electrocuted by low-hanging power lines. Others fall to ivory poachers.

Ethan: I heard that poachers hunt them for their fur and superstitions claim their organs can be made into medicine.

The confrontation with poachers brought troubles.

The horn of a rhino shot dead by poachers at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in central Kenya on Dec.

One day, walking two human error on a car white ivory poachers truck, fortunately, and the timely discovery and seriously pursued.

To evade capture, commercial poachers hide in vast stretches of wilderness.

If they were poachers they perhaps knew the landowners were on holiday.

Still, poachers continued to infiltrate the park, and to the Owenses they seemed more dangerous than ever.

The mountain was a nature preserve, with no hunting allowed, but poachers frequently sneaked in.

We should be punished, poachers, improve the environmental protection consciousness, the establishment of nature reserves.

At the jail, vets found the baby gorilla inside the cell with the poachers.

Where can we find the poachers for the quest Assessing the threat ?

The Owenses realized that to stop the killing they would need to find employment for local people who would otherwise aid poachers.

These orphaned gorilla babies in Congo lost their parents to poachers.

They are also hunted and killed by poachers who sell their highly valued body parts on the black market.

For decades, in Kenya, Dame Daphne Sheldrick has been rescuing baby elephants whose parents were killed by poachers.

A middleman collects tiger bones or rhino horn from poachers in India.

They came to pick up Ihirwe, a one-and-half year old gorilla that the Rwandan police had rescued from poachers.

That way, they wouldn't have to worry about encountering poachers and other dangerous humans.

They're quickly becoming extinct due to poachers hunting them for their horns.

The poachers were well armed, and the scouts were intimidated.

Poachers are believed to have killed Sita in 2000.

The first are poachers, who shoot to kill, then hack off horns and gouge out eyes.

Tazar's first contact with civilisation eventually occurred ten years onward, when a group of Naga poachers killed his "mother" .

Turtles caught in fishing nets were sold to poachers.

Poachers frequently smoke meat from their kills to preserve it during transport to market.

Alough surised, the poachers had an advantage -there were more of them.

The headman said "Yes. Our poachers. "

It is thought that these killings are not the work of poachers, because the bodies were left intact.

Seven pandas have been lost to poachers in the Qin Ling mountains in the past 14 years.

But even in these the panda were prey to poachers.

I asked him if the scouts killed suspected poachers in his area.

Rhinoceros poachers are killing an estimated 2 to 3 of the rare animals each week.

"Yes. Our poachers. "

In Bharatpur jail 105 people are in custody for poaching, many serving long sentences for minor offences such as providing food to poachers.

Rhinoceros poachers are killing an estimated 2 to 3 of the rare animals eachweakweek.

The camera traps also unintentionally caught bird poachers roaming the park, FFI's Linkie noted.

Word reached them that one band of commercial poachers had targeted them for assassination, blaming them for ruining their business.

The Wildlife Service is also confident it knows how many poachers are involved.

Most poachers, like my father, were people from our own community.

You shouldn't be paying more than $10a year for each, and at that, it pays to prevent poachers.

Last year poachers are estimated to have killed more than 23, 000 African elephants.

Another conservationist, Tsilavo Rafeliarisoa, says two poachers were caught last year in southern Madagascar with 50 tortoises.

In recent decades, poachers have been able to venture

The 3, 500-pound rhino came to the zoo via Washington Zoo after her mother was killed by poachers in the Nepalese wild three years ago

They told Mark Owens that some of the more fearsome poachers possessed powers derived from witchcraft;

elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers

Than you can chase those slobbering, mangy, stupid poachers from dawn until dusk . (Zazu)

For some time, he had made regular night flights over the park, in search of meat-drying racks and the campfires of poachers;

Poachers Target Musk Deer for Perfumes, Medicines

This vast area is a sanctuary for various animals in which they are free from the greedy poachers

So it should not be surprising to learn that game scouts committed acts of violence against poachers;