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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



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