The authors of an article published in Science last week say that unsustainable hunting methods both inside and outside of protected areas, mainly the use of homemade wire snares that kill or maim any ...

This snare set up is a classic. It’s just a wooden pole and a few feet of wire that gives you a reusable trap that is easily moved, requires no bait, and takes advantage of the squirrel’s natural love ...

Snaring -- a non-selective method of poaching using wire traps -- is widespread in tropical forests in Southeast Asia. Snaring decimates wildlife populations and has pushed many larger mammals to ...

More tigers live in captivity than exist in the wild. This Sumatran tiger lives at the Big Cat Sanctuary in England, 2017 (Photo by Tom Lee) CAMBRIDGE, UK, July 29, 2017 (ENS) – Illegal wire snare ...

Steel-jaw leghold traps and snares are a global brutality without a meaningful global response. Despite being prohibited in most countries, such devices are widely set in wildlife habitats across ...

There are seemingly as many different traps as there are creatures to catch, but we’ve selected the 15 best snare and deadfall traps for you to master. Traps can capture animals that provide precious ...

The number of wire snares being found in Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem has declined in recent years, but the traps continue to pose a severe threat to the region’s critically endangered rhinos. Poachers ...

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People who live near Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park are removing wire traps used to illegally capture wildlife and turning them into sculptures. Angeyo Mustafa sifts through wire snares ...

Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains, blanketed in emerald-green rain forest, should be a haven for endangered Asian elephants. But cameras triggered by motion sensors reveal that most of the baby elephants ...