Lisa Hoffner / A baby orphan Elephant (Loxodonta africana), named Murka, wounded by a poacher's spear is comforted by the touch of another elephant's trunk from outside its pen. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Eleph...

Gerry Ellis / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) female showing finger lost to poacher's trap, Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jabruson / Dead Black fronted duiker {Cephalophus nigrifrons} carried by poacher. Virunga NP DR of Congo

Neil Aldridge / Belgian Shepherd dog, young dog trained as rhino protection dog during poacher tracking training. Animals Saving Animals training facility, England. This dog will be deployed to Botswana of Rhino Cons...

Claudio Contreras / Poacher harvesting Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) eggs from nest, Arribada, Playa Morro Ayuta, Oaxaca state, southern Mexico, Vulnerable species.

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

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this entire load...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) including female with eggs, to be bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enfor...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) including female with eggs to be bagged and frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforc...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / West coast rock lobsters (Jasus lalandii) are being bagged and then frozen in the Saldanha Bay police station. They will be used as evidence against the poachers in court. Law enforcement found this e...

Pete Oxford / Confiscated and decommissioned poacher's rifles at park headquarters, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pete Oxford / Confiscated and decommissioned poacher's bullets at park headquarters, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jabruson / Poacher's haul of Leopard skin (Panthera pardus), African forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) tail, ammunition and wire snares, confiscated from near National Park, Gabon

Mark Carwardine / Poacher arrested by Siberian tiger anti-poaching patrol (with secret police for extra protection), 600 miles north of Vladivostok, Primorsky, Russian Far East, October 2005

Mark Carwardine / Poacher arrested by Siberian tiger anti-poaching patrol (with secret police for extra protection), 600 miles north of Vladivostok, Primorsky, Russian Far East, October 2005

Mark Carwardine / Poacher arrested by Siberian tiger anti-poaching patrol (with secret police for extra protection), 600 miles north of Vladivostok, Primorsky, Russian Far East, October 2005

Piotr Naskrecki / Discarded gun shell, left by an illegal poacher, Atewa Range, Ghana

Suzi Eszterhas / Skulls of wildebeest and impala found at poacher's camp and confiscated by Mara Conservancy rangers, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Poacher apprehended by Mara Conservancy anti-poaching patrol rangers, caught with wildebeest and impala meat, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Poacher's camp with hides, meat, and skulls of wildebeest and impala, found and confiscated by Mara Conservancy rangers, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Poacher with wildebeest meat drying in sun at poacher's camp, apprehended by Mara Conservancy rangers, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Poacher with wildebeest meat drying in sun at poacher's camp, apprehended by Mara Conservancy rangers, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Mara Conservancy Rangers with apprehended poacher at poacher's camp (with wildebeest meat drying in sun) Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2006

Jabruson / Dead Black fronted duiker {Cephalophus nigrifrons} being carried by poacher, Virunga NP, Congo

Suzi Eszterhas / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) with rangers and veterinarians removing poacher's snare around its neck, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) with rangers and veterinarians removing poacher's snare around its neck, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Poacher's confiscated meat of wildebeest and impala with supplies being burned by Mara Conservancy rangers, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Suzi Eszterhas / Mara Conservancy ranger uncovering poisoned bow and arrows belonging to poacher, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Suzi Eszterhas / Poacher's camp with hides, meat, and skulls of wildebeest and impala found and confiscated by Mara Conservancy rangers, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) with rangers and veterinarians attempting to remove poacher's snare from elephant's foot, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) with rangers and veterinarians attempting to remove poacher's snare from elephant's foot, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) with rangers and veterinarians attempting to remove poacher's snare from elephant's foot, Masai Mara, Kenya

David Shale / Atlantic poacher {Leptagonus decagonus} 2400m, benthic, Barents sea, Northern Europe

David Shale / Atlantic poacher {Leptagonus decagonus} 2400m, benthic, Barents sea, Northern Europe

David Shale / Atlantic poacher {Leptagonus decagonus} 2400m, benthic, Barents sea, Northern Europe

Richard Du Toit / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) grazing with a poacher's arrow stuck in it's side, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Ingo Arndt / Armed Bullhead (Agonus cataphractus) aproximately six centimeters, Helgoland, Germany

Jabruson / Poacher found with snares and spears, arrested by trackers, Virunga NP, Congo

Vivek Menon / Poacher setting an illegal bear trap, Garo Hills, Meghalya, India

Gerry Ellis / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) protection, payment in exchange for snares has helped reduced poaching around Karisoke Research Center, Rwanda

Gerry Ellis / Dik Dik (Madoqua sp) being rescued from poacher's snare by anti-poaching patrol team members in the border areas of Tsavo

Jim Brandenburg / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) eye of animal killed by poacher, Minnesota

Nick Turner / Kenyan Wildlife Service rangers with poacher's buffalo snares, Mount Elgon NP, West Kenya. 2002

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Anti-poaching commander with confiscated bushmeat from poacher, Kafue National Park, Zambia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / African Lion (Panthera leo) skin, along with snares used by poacher, confiscated by anti-poaching commander, Kafue National Park, Zambia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Arrested poacher being questioned by anti-poaching commanders, Kafue National Park, Zambia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Arrested poacher with confiscated bicycles and snares by anti-poaching team, Kafue National Park, Zambia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / African Lion (Panthera leo) skin, along with snares used by poacher, confiscated by anti-poaching commanders, Kafue National Park, Zambia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / African Lion (Panthera leo) biologist, Kim Young-Overton, with anti-poaching commanders who confiscated lion skin and snares used by poacher, Kafue National Park, Zambia

Pete Oxford / Confiscated and decommissioned poacher's rifles at park headquarters, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Suzi Eszterhas / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) dead in poacher's snare, Masai Mara, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) young bull with poacher's snare on foot, Masai Mara, Kenya

Nature Production / Barbed Hunchback Poacher {Hypsagonus proboscidalis} with fins extended 'walking' on seabed, Hokkaido, Japan

Gerry Ellis / Anti-poaching patrol members finding a poachers camp, Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda

Ripan Biswas / A bag confiscated from a poacher containing dead birds including Red-headed swamp hen (Porphyrio sp.), Bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus), Cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus), Eurasia...

Shane Gross / Northern spearnose poacher (Agonopsis vulsa) portrait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean..

Shane Gross / Blacktip poacher (Xeneretmus latifrons) larval-stage, portrait, Salish Sea, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Tony Wu / Close-up of mature male Barbed hunchback poacher (Agonomalus proboscidalis) with Blue bat star (Patiria pectinifera) in background. Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, Japan.

Tony Wu / Mature male Barbed hunchback poacher (Agonomalus proboscidalis) on sea floor. Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, Japan.

Tony Wu / Mature male Barbed hunchback poacher (Agonomalus proboscidalis) on sea floor. Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, Japan.

Tony Wu / Juvenile Barbed hunchback poacher (Agonomalus proboscidalis) swimming in shallow waters. Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, Japan.

Tony Wu / Juvenile Barbed hunchback poacher (Agonomalus proboscidalis) sitting on sandy sea floor in shallow water. Pacific Ocean, Hokkaido, Japan. Photographed at 2x times life-size magnification.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Ex-poacher holding poison arrow, explaining to Kenya Wildlife Service rangers and David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust scouts about the use of poison arrows to kill elephants, Tsavo East National Park, Keny...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Ex-poacher holding poison arrow, explaining to Kenya Wildlife Service rangers and David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust scouts about the use of poison arrows to kill elephants, Tsavo East National Park, Keny...

Laurie Campbell / Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) mature fish caught by a poacher's monofilament gill net, River Tweed, England. November.

Laurie Campbell / Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) mature fish caught by a poacher's monofilament gill net, River Tweed, England. November.

David Fleetham / Bay pipefish / Tubenose poacher (Sygnathus leptorhynchus) swimming over sandy seabed, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.

Eric Baccega / Fisherman and poacher in boat, navigating on Louvandzi river, Conkouati-Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, Africa.

Eric Baccega / Poacher with bushmeat, smoked Duiker (Cephalophus sp.), Conkouati-Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, Africa.

Ugo Mellone / Poacher's gun cartridge on desert ground, Aydar, Southern Morocco, Africa.

Ugo Mellone / Poacher holding rifle, Aydar, Southern Morocco, Africa, 2020.