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Operation Game Thief, which began in 1989, helps gather tips about illegal poaching and offers rewards that can lead to arrests and convictions. People can submit tips anonymously.
A retired wildlife conservation officers explains how the public can help stop night time deer poachers.
Anyone with information on the suspected deer poaching scheme being investigated can contact Hankee at 920-904-2653 or Washington County Conservation Warden Zachery Feest at 262-237-0904.
The poaching operation centered on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana, which researchers say has some of the highest concentrations of eagles and other birds of prey in the U.S. Members of the trafficking ring would set out carcasses of elk, calves and deer, and then shoot eagles that came to feed on them, officials said.
Many species are affected by poaching, including illegal hunting, fishing and capturing of wild animals, and, in a recent usage, the illegal harvesting of wild plant species. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The article provides an overview of species currently endangered or impaired by poaching in the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, and South-East Asia .
Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. [1] [2] Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. [3] It was set against the hunting privileges of nobility and territorial rulers. [4]
In the US, the only states that are allowed to harvest glass eels are Maine and South Carolina, though Maine is the only one reporting a significant harvest. [4] Market price for glass eels "has risen to more than $2,000 per pound, although in 2014 prices were recorded between $400 and $650 per pound."
These intelligent and unique creatures are vulnerable to threats from loss of habitat, climate change, and illegal poaching. Poachers hunt giraffes for their meat, skin, brain, and bone marrow.