Poachers and hunters, armed and dangerous as they frequently are, pose a threat not only to wildlife but to wildlife officials too. So what to do? The solution may lie in arming some wildlife rangers themselves so that they can defend wild animals and themselves alike more effectively against armed…

Many poachers do not go about killing wild animals out of fun. Nor do many farmers take revenge on wild animals just because they feel like it. Rather, there are routinely economic reasons behind both wildlife poaching and revenge attacks against animals, like elephants, that destroy crops, thereby unwittingly inviting…

The region’s beleaguered last few thousand wild Asian elephants have long been hunted for their tusks around Southeast Asia. Now in some areas of Myanmar (formerly Burma) they are also being hunted in record numbers for their skins. The reason: many people have come to believe that elephant skin has…

The sun bear was found, following a tip-off, in a poacher’s snare within the Maliau Basin Forest Conservation Area. Thanks to the Sabah Wildlife Department’s rescue unit, the injured bear was saved from what would have been certain death at the hands of unscrupulous people. According to the unit’s acting manager Dr…

Orangutans in Borneo are critically endangered, suffering as they do from a variety of existential challenges. The grave challenges they face in the wild include habitat loss, forest fragmentation, encroaching development and the exotic wildlife trade. Now you can add another threat to that list: being hunted for their meat. Yes, you’ve read that right. According…

Lying in wait within forests in Malaysia and much of the rest of Southeast Asia are pernicious killers. There they are underfoot and in the undergrowth, waiting for new victims to ensnare. Literally ensnare because we mean snares. They tend to be homemade contraptions fashioned from wire or cable and set…