Researchers map Africa's snaring crisis, calling for sustainable solutions

The thunder of a rifle echoes across the Savannah. Antelope scatter as birds of all feathers take to the air. A dull thud ...
National Geographic news

Snaring has become the greatest threat to African lions

In mid-January, rangers and researchers in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park made a horrific discovery: the slumped, emaciated body of Naturinda, a lioness they knew well, trapped in a snare. The ...
Los Angeles Times

Maine’s Coyote-Snaring Stirs Bitter Debate

GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — Dave Tobey does not particularly care for coyotes, but he may have a stronger distaste for the wily predators’ would-be protectors. Standing over the bones of a deer, Tobey ...
Mail & Guardian

Unravelling the threads of snaring in Kruger park

The air is crisp, carrying with it the promise of discovery — a perfect morning for twitchers and game-spotters. Dry leaves crunch underfoot. Then, from a distance, whistles blow and walkie-talkies ...
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Solving the Southeast Asian snaring crisis: Wire snare removal in protected areas is labour-intensive but effective

Jan Zwilling Wissenschaftskommunikation Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung (IZW) im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. Snaring – a non-selective method of poaching using wire traps – is ...
Panda

Snaring crisis devastating Asia’s wildlife, jeopardizing decades of tiger conservation efforts

On Global Tiger Day today, WWF is urging tiger-range governments to strengthen anti-poaching efforts and crack down on a severe wildlife snaring crisis that is threatening wildlife across Asia, ...
The Phnom Penh Post

Zero-snaring campaign set to intensify

Over three million people have been made aware of the zero-snaring campaign through more than 300 news articles and social media posts spread out since its launch, according to a senior Ministry of ...
The Phnom Penh Post

Snaring may spawn diseases

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that snaring of animals has become a crisis that poses a serious risk to wildlife in Southeast Asia and could spawn the transmission of zoonotic diseases to ...
heraldscotland

Warnings of illegal deer snaring

DEER are suffering due to illegal snaring in parts of Scotland, according to an animal welfare charity. The Scottish SPCA said it had been contacted with concerns that the practice is taking place in ...
CNN

‘Barbaric’ snares are wiping out Southeast Asia’s wild animals

Across Southeast Asia, wild animals are being hunted out of existence to feed growing demand for bushmeat, according to conservationists. Thomas Gray, science director with conservation group Wildlife ...
Science Daily

Wire snare removal in protected areas is labor-intensive but effective -- and essential to solving the Southeast Asian snaring crisis

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 ...