Snares are ubiquitous around the world and are emptying our forests, meadows, wetlands, savannas, jungles, grasslands, and other habitats of wildlife, with particularly devastating effects in Africa.
The thunder of a rifle echoes across the savannah. Antelope scatter as birds of all feathers take to the air. A dull thud signals that the marksman’s shot ...
Snares are one of humankind's earliest inventions, writes Bill Oddie, once essential to our survival as hunters. But their modern use by gamekeepers seeking to protect game birds on shooting estates ...
Ghost forests in the Atlantic Coast are increasing in number at a very fast rate and it's bothering scientists. Kaboompics - Pexels Snares made of wire and rope have become the biggest threat to ...
Wire snares are widely used to poach African wild herbivores for meat — but the traps also catch enough lions and hyenas to cause serious declines in the population of both carnivores, according to ...
Across Southeast Asia, wild animals are being hunted out of existence to feed growing demand for bushmeat, according to conservationists. Thomas Gray, science director with conservation group Wildlife ...
This is the moment vets flew to the rescue of an elephant calf after it became trapped in a snare laid by poachers in Kenya. Footage shows the baby elephant unable to free its ankle from the tight ...
Across Southeast Asia, wild animals are being hunted out of existence to feed growing demand for bushmeat, according to conservationists. Thomas Gray, science director with conservation group Wildlife ...