Malawi turns to British troops in poaching war
Under a scorching sun, a team of British soldiers and Malawian rangers sheltered under a tree ready to pounce on their prey: poachers.
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News tagged with poachers
Czech zoo cheers birth of endangered eastern black rhino
Experts say an eastern black rhinoceros born in a Czech zoo is a small but important step in efforts to save the animals from extinction.
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Oct 25, 2017
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Rhino poacher jailed for 20 years in South Africa
A Mozambican rhino poacher caught at a world famous game reserve in South Africa has been jailed for 20 years, police said.
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Sep 11, 2017
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Philippine police arrest rare sea turtle poachers
Philippine police said Friday they had seized 70 dead hawksbill marine turtles, a critically endangered species illegally trafficked for its prized shell, and arrested two suspects.
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Jul 7, 2017
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Two lions, freed from circuses, are poached in South Africa
In 2016, 33 lions freed from circuses in Peru and Colombia were transported to South Africa to live out their days in a wildlife refuge. Last week, poachers broke into the sanctuary, killing two of the big cats.
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Jun 4, 2017
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Rare one-horned rhino killed by poachers in Nepal
Poachers have shot dead a one-horned rhinoceros at a national wildlife park in Nepal, officials said Sunday, spotlighting the threat faced by the rare animals.
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Apr 9, 2017
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Poachers kill rare giant elephant in Kenya
One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation group that protects the dwindling group of giant "tuskers".
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Mar 6, 2017
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3 lions decapitated in South Africa, likely for medicine
South African police say poachers have decapitated and chopped the paws off three male lions, apparently for use in traditional medicine.
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Jan 12, 2017
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Kenya uses new technology to nab poachers at night: WWF
Twenty-six poachers have been caught at night after a new thermal and infrared camera and software system was introduced in Kenya's famed Maasai Mara and its other national parks, WWF said on Monday.
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Nov 21, 2016
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Vietnam destroys huge pile of seized ivory, rhino horns
Vietnamese authorities have destroyed more than 2 tons of confiscated elephant ivory and rhino horns, sending a message ahead of an international conference that they want the wildlife trade stopped.
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Nov 12, 2016
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