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Spotlight on the Bad Guys


	©Ken Hammond/USDA
	Poachers ignore the law—not to mention ethics.

Poachers kill wildlife anywhere and at any time.

Here are just a few of the recent cases where we worked with state fish and wildlife agencies to offer $2,500 rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of suspected poachers.

In Minn., poachers killed two black bears after they left the protection of a nearby sanctuary. They removed the head, hide and paws of one bear.
At the University of Fla. in Miami, poachers lured an endangered American crocodile out of the water only to dismember the animal with a blunt object, probably a machete or a hatchet.
Elsewhere in Fla., poachers killed a threatened black bear in the Osceola National Forest.
Deer are a favorite target for poachers. There has been a recent string of deer poaching in Pa. In one case, poachers killed four deer and after removing their antlers and hindquarters, left the carcasses in the parking lot of a high school. In another case, poachers illegally killed six deer and also left their partially butchered carcasses to rot.

Updated Nov. 25, 2008