Jul 19th, 2008 · In Northern California, organized crews of poachers are raiding residential recycling bins, sometimes threatening homeowners who get in the way. San Francisco alone estimates it is losing hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to recycling bandits.
Apr 12th, 2008 · When poachers illegally used baby salmon as bait for ancient sturgeon in the Sacramento Delta, California fish and game wardens were there to break the doors down and haul the alleged offenders away. But that single operation took 1/5 of the state's whole force of wardens. The problem is, the force charged with protecting threatened species and enforcing California's tough environmental laws is understaffed and under paid. From member station KQED, Tamara Keith reports.
Jul 27th, 2007 · Four mountain gorillas were shot to death earlier this month in Congo's Virunga National Park. Apparently, their bodies were left as a warning by poachers to game officials to leave the park. Bill Weber, a Rwanda-based conservationist and co-author of the book In the Kingdom of Gorillas speaks with Alex Chadwick.
Jun 14th, 2007 · African nations have broken an 18-year impasse on rules governing the sale of ivory. At an international meeting Thursday, they agreed to let nations conduct a one-time sale of ivory seized from poachers and dead elephants. Proceeds will aid recovery efforts.
Mar 20th, 2007 · Michele Norris talks with Mike Norris, a California game warden and lead investigator on the case of two lobster poachers who were arrested Monday after a months-long investigation.
Feb 26th, 2007 · Faced with a record upsurge in ivory poaching, conservationists are scrambling for new ways to protect elephants and prosecute poachers. One new approach uses tracks the DNA of seized ivory back to their sources in Africa.
Feb 25th, 2007 · Zakouma National Park, a preserve in southeastern Chad, is home to 4,000 elephants. Sadly, they're not safe from poachers. Mike Fay, who wrote the article "Ivory Wars" for National Geographic, describes the problem.
Jan 2nd, 2007 · Snow leopards are among the world's most endangered big cats, with only several thousand left. In Mongolia's southern Gobi desert, the snow leopard is a sign of a healthy ecosytem. But poaching remains one of the area's more lucrative businesses.