Sentences with phrase «targeted by poachers»

Tragically these same matriarchs, and other older elephants are the most targeted by poachers; who kill the animals for their more prominent and developed tusks.

Thought to already be extinct, the Philippine forest turtle (Siebenrockiella leytensis) was rediscovered alive in 2001 and immediately targeted by poachers and pet traders who sold them on the black market for as much as $ 2,500 apiece to buyers in the U.S., Japan and Europe.

Not exact matches

Smaller tusks increase an individual elephant's probability of survival, by making him or her a less attractive target for poachers.

All are the unrelenting target of poachers controlled by gangs that supply the trade in tiger parts for traditional «medicine» in China and South - East Asia.

The reserve is largely secure from wildlife traffickers but surrounding buffer zones have been hit by poachers frequenting old roads at night and using spotlights to pick out tigers or other targets, according to Jonathan C. Slaght of the conservation society's Russia program.

Poaching is also a big threat, not only in China, but also in Russia, and since - unlike many species - both male and females have antlers, the traps and snares used by poachers end up targeting both sexes, making survival for the species even harder.