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Poaching

A scaly pangolin with small, brown eyes and a pointy nose forages for food near some greenery.

Pangolin smuggling: The next coronavirus time bomb?

COVID-19

For years, the plight of the pangolin has been a niche concern, mostly worrying conservationists. But the COVID-19 pandemic has pulled pangolins into the spotlight.

Rhinos Kruger South Africa

Rhino poaching in South Africa declines during coronavirus lockdown

Business, Economics and Jobs
Wuhan outdoor market

COVID-19 brings new scrutiny to illegal wildlife trafficking

Health & Medicine
Silver-backed chevrotain caught on camera

Rare mouse-deer spotted in Vietnam for the first time in 30 years

Environment
an anti-poacher billboard

A rhino warrior experiments with peace

Economics
elephants

Report: African wildlife threatened by militia poaching

Global Politics

Sudan’s Janjaweed, Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army and other notorious militias are wreaking havoc on wildlife in central Africa, poaching and trafficking elephants, hippopotamuses, buffaloes and other animals, a monitor said Friday.

Elephant walk during sunset in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Elephants learn to hide by day, forage at night, to evade poachers

Environment

Normally elephants forage for food and migrate in daylight — which is when the poachers go after them.

African elephant

Nearly wiped out by poaching, 520 elephants relocated to new, safer home in Malawi

Environment

Malawi on Thursday celebrated the successful conclusion of a two-year project moving 520 sedated elephants by truck to a reserve where the animals had been nearly wiped out by poaching.

White Rhino

Anti-poaching efforts may get a boost from a DNA database for rhino horn

Technology

With rhinos on the verge of extinction, conservationists are turning to novel efforts to prevent poaching. Enforcement agents in South Africa are now using a DNA database to help them identify the origins of seized rhino horn.

Wildlife cops

Underfunded wildlife enforcement in the Pacific Northwest fails to keep up with poachers

Justice

Wildlife trafficking is a global problem and the US is not immune. In the Pacific Northwest, a small law enforcement and judicial team polices Washington and Oregon for wildlife infractions, but limited resources, budget woes and loose laws allow poachers to evade penalties.Wildlife trafficking is a global problem and the US is not immune. In the Pacific Northwest, a small law enforcement and judicial team polices Washington and Oregon for wildlife infractions, but limited resources, budget woes and loose laws allow poachers to evade penalties.

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Poaching and Terrorism: The Race to Protect Wildlife and National Security