Jen Guyton / Park ranger holding a Temminck's ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), after rescuing it from poachers. This individual was later released back into the wild. Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Jen Guyton / Park ranger holding a Temminck's ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), after rescuing it from poachers. This individual was later released back into the wild. Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Neil Aldridge / Member of Botswana's Anti Poaching Unit keeps guard while a rhino monitor from the charity Rhino Conservation Botswana tracks a rhino in Okavango Delta, Botswana,. Rhino Conservation Botswana works ha...

Tom Gilks / Aerial view of an wildlife poaching patrol unit on horseback, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

Tom Gilks / Wildlife poaching patrol unit on horseback, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

Tom Gilks / Wildlife poaching patrol unit on horseback with Mount Kenya in background, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

Tom Gilks / Wildlife poaching patrol unit on horseback inspect wooden stakes used by poachers to impale game along trails, Mount Kenya NP, Kenya

Tom Gilks / Wildlife poaching patrol unit on horseback investigate a poacher's den Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

Tom Gilks / Wildlife poaching patrol unit on horseback remove a snare placed on the bottom of park boundary wire fence, Mount Kenya NP, Kenya

Tom Gilks / Wildlife poaching patrol unit on horseback remove a snare placed on the bottom of park boundary wire fence, Mount Kenya NP, Kenya

Tom Gilks / Wildlife poaching patrol on horseback record information about an elephant (Loxodonta africana) carcass poached for ivory and meat, Mount Kenya NP, Kenya

Tom Gilks / Wildlife poaching patrol on horseback record information about an elephant (Loxodonta africana) carcass poached for ivory and meat, Mount Kenya NP, Kenya