Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe {Giraffa camelopardis peralta} poached by local people. Sahel, Niger.

Jouan & Rius / Poached egg daisy (Polycalymma stuartii) plant flowering on sand dune, Mungo National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Ann & Steve Toon / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) carcass of animal poached for its horn, one week after killing, with security officer John Tanui, Lewa Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, September 2012

Ann & Steve Toon / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) carcass of animal poached for its horn, one week after killing, Lewa Conservancy, Laikipia, Kenya, September 2012

Christophe Courteau / West African giraffe {Giraffa camelopardis peralta} poached by local people. Sahel, Niger. Anti-poaching unit investigates carcass; meat will be donated to villagers

Christian Ziegler / Game wardens with confiscated boat full of iguanas that were poached for sale as bush meat, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

JEFF FOOTT / Skins of poached animals - tiger, snake, leopard -confiscated by the Rhino Protection Unit in Tikoli, near Chitwan NP, Nepal, 2003

Ann & Steve Toon / Skulls of poached rhinos Mkhaya game reserve, Swaziland, Africa

Andy Rouse / Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus Kotiya) skin showing markings (from poached leopard) Yala National Park, Sri Lanka (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus Kotiya) skin showing markings (from poached leopard) Yala National Park, Sri Lanka (non-ex)

Stephen Belcher / Rhino protection unit officer holding wire snare that poachers use to trap rhinos, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) confiscated equipment and animal remains taken from poachers, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Staffan Widstrand / Local hunter with Ocelot skin {Leopardus / Felis pardalis} poached in the forest, Amazonas, Brazil, September 2007

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

Jouan & Rius / Poached egg daisy (Polycalymma stuartii) plant flowering on sand dune, Mungo National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Poached egg daisy (Polycalymma stuartii) flowering in sand desert, Central Australia

Jouan & Rius / Poached egg daisy (Polycalymma stuartii) flowering on sand desert, Central Australia, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Poached egg daisy (Polycalymma stuartii) flowering on sand desert, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia

Jouan & Rius / Poached egg daisy (Polycalymma stuartii) flowering on sand desert, Central Australia, Northern Territory, Australia

Nick Garbutt / Various skulls of animals (monkey, gorilla, chimpanzee, buffalo, leopard, crocodile, tortoise) killed / poached illegally for the bush meat trade. Loango National Park, Gabon, Central Africa. February...

Nick Garbutt / Various skulls of primates (monkey, gorilla, chimpanzee) killed / poached illegally for the bush meat trade. Loango National Park, Gabon, Central Africa. February 2008.

Nick Garbutt / Various skulls of animals (monkey, gorilla, chimpanzee, buffalo, leopard, crocodile, tortoise) killed / poached illegally for the bush meat trade. Loango National Park, Gabon, Central Africa. February...

Nick Garbutt / Various skulls of primates (monkey, gorilla, chimpanzee) killed / poached illegally for the bush meat trade. Loango National Park, Gabon, Central Africa. February 2008.

Nick Upton / Collection of skulls of poached Rhinoceros, Swaziland, Southern Africa

Michael Hutchinson / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) Back of skull of a poached rhinoceros showing bullet hole. Green ring around bullet hole is oxidation of bullet metal. This rhino was poached in 2002 or 2003 on...

Michael Hutchinson / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) underside of skull of poached rhino showing teeth of upper jaw, Kenya

Michael Hutchinson / Pile of White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) skulls from poached rhinos collected by rangers on a private reserve to avoid re-counting poached carcasses more...

Michael Hutchinson / Pile of White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) skulls from poached rhinos collected by rangers on a private reserve to avoid re-counting poached carcasses more...

Jabruson / Game warden with skull of poached Bongo antelope {Tragelaphus euryceros} Mboko Park Station, Odzala NP, Rep of Congo

Jabruson / Warden with confiscated poached tail of Forest african elephant {Loxodonta africana cyclotis} Mbomo park HQ, Odzala NP, NW Rep of Congo

Christian Ziegler / Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) game wardens with confiscated boat full of poached iguanas, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Patricio Robles Gil / Markhor (Capra falconeri) horns beside gun, animal was poached, Uzbekistan

David Shale / Skulls of poached Black rhinoceros {Diceros bicornis} in rows, Mkhaya, Swaziland

Jabruson / National Park warden with machine gun carrying African elephant ivory {Loxodonta africana} from poached / dead elephants, Garamba NP, Congo

Jabruson / Lower jaw bones of poached African elephants {Loxodonta africana} Odzala NP, Republic of Congo

Bernard Walton / Poached Leopard {Panthera pardus} on river bank, Gabon

Jabruson / Dessicated carcass of poached African elephant {Loxodonta africana} Tsavo NP, Kenya

Karl Ammann / Man holding tusks and meat for sale from poached Elephant, Central African Republic

Jan Vermeer / Porcelain Mushroom (Oudemansiella mucida) detail of gills on the underside, Europe

Jan Vermeer / Porcelain Mushroom (Oudemansiella mucida) detail of gills on the underside, Europe

Jan Vermeer / Porcelain Mushroom (Oudemansiella mucida) detail of gills on the underside, Europe

Jan Vermeer / Porcelain Mushroom (Oudemansiella mucida) detail of gills on the underside, Europe

Xi Zhinong / Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) carcasses of animals killed by poachers for their valuable fur, Arjin Mountain Nature Reserve, Xinjiang, northwestern China

Xi Zhinong / Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) confiscated skulls and antlers of poached males, Arjin Mountains, Xinjiang, northwestern China

Xi Zhinong / Tiger (Panthera tigris) confiscated skins from Yunnan-Burma border, Yunnan Province, China

Gerry Ellis / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) poached eggs being sold in market, Sabah, Borneo

Konrad Wothe / Tiger (Panthera tigris) paw and penis as a potency remedy, market in Chengdu, China

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

Tui De Roy / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) eye of poaching victim, Kenya

Stephen Belcher / Rhino protection unit officer holding poached sumatran rhino skull and pointing to bullet hole, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

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

Jabruson / Butchering a poached Hippopotamus (hippopotamus amphibius) in the Rwindi sector of Virunga National Park, Congo

Jabruson / Carcass of poached Hippopotamus {Hippopotamus amphibius} Murchison Falls NP, Uganda

Konrad Wothe / Poached wildlife in airport shop, Biak Island, Irian Jaya, Indonesia

Gerry Ellis / Macaw feathers as curios, for sale in village along Amazon river, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Poached Jaguar skin {Panthera onca} hanging in Quichua house Napo river Ecuador

Jabruson / Carcass of poached African elephant {Loxodonta africana} Tsavo NP Kenya