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The maximum fine for poaching Chinook salmon, protected under the Endangered Species Act, is $750 per fish, according to wildlife officials.

The pair "illegally sold the eagles on the black market for significant sums of cash," court documents say.

Demand for rhino horns is drastically reducing populations around the world.

The striking images showcase numerous examples of human-animal conflict and negligence.

The tiger was found to have been tied to a boulder with wire before it was thrown into the lake, leading investigators to suspect foul play.

Poaching of vulnerable and endangered animals has increased in recent months because of a drought scorching Kenya and other nearby African countries.

Author Delia Owens is wanted for questioning in relation to the fatal shooting of a suspected poacher in the mid 1990s.

Rachael Pfeiffer, from the Care for Wild sanctuary, told Newsweek that rhino orphans are normally extremely traumatised and afraid.

The 2-year-old albino calf was welcomed into the herd after she was rescued from a poacher's snare, abandoned and wounded, with her family nowhere to be seen.

Wildlife officials in Thailand are concerned poachers will target the tiger and have launched a rescue mission to save it.

The rhino was left for dead after poachers hacked off his horn, leaving him with a "horrific" wound.

A similar attack occurred nearby only three months ago.

The number of dead elephants found has already exceeded 2014's numbers, and 2018 is not even over yet.

Animal-human encounters have risen significantly due to shared habitats and increased conservation.

"The only body part we found was one skull and one bit of pelvis, everything else was completely gone," Nick Fox, the park's owner, told Newsweek.

Premchai Karnasuta, the president of Italian-Thai Development poached and ate a rare black leopard in a soup at a wildlife park.

Mussa becomes third chimpanzee to be rescued by Lwiro Primates this year.

Lion poaching has been on the increase in Africa.

An elite unit of Thai park rangers is fighting heavily armed loggers to save the world's most valuable tree.

After dire warnings, Tanzania is taking baby steps toward saving its elephants from poachers.

Rhinos were declared extinct in Zambia in 1998, ravaged by poachers. Today they are back and living in the wild once again.

"The reality is that when you shoot dead a poacher, you shoot dead your most important source of information."