Reading this just left me so mad
 

http://www.nature.com/news/poachers-...c-ibis-1.11621

Seriously? What - The - F... Hell?

Synopsis:

Poachers gun down iconic ibis

Set back for researchers as illegal hunters kill rare birds.

The northern bald ibis has been extinct in the wild in Europe for nearly 400 years and is critically endangered in North Africa and the Middle East. A team led by biologist Johannes Fritz from the University of Vienna has been hand-raising the birds and teaching them how to migrate from breeding areas north of the Alps in Germany and Austria to wintering grounds in Italy.

Goja initially learnt the migration route in autumn 2009 by following an ultralight aircraft. She made headlines in 2011 when she became the first of the team’s birds to fly back on her own to Germany for the summer.

Goja's fate is not unique, last autumn the project lost up to 15 of 37 migrating birds to hunters in Italy.

When Goja was shot on Saturday, she was leading two juveniles; one was shot dead along with her and the other is missing, presumed shot.

That's about as nice to hear about as the poaching of 4 Rhinos in the Lalibela Game Reserve...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-poachers.html

Over 400 Rhinos poached in South Africa this year alone.

Scarcity of food?

Yah, totally. In Italy - I hear they're starving so bad that it's become a national crisis... -___-

Jokes apart, poaching business is causing severe consequence to many wonderful animals.

Back home, poachers have literally cause extinction to royal bengal tiger (mostly to make carpets!!!!) and some other species of forest cats. Such a shame to humanity.

Pfft, at least they got a carpet out of it! Look at the poor rhinos from the link Myka posted... All to make magical voodoo powder that "increases virility/cures cancers/imbues you with the strength and essence of the Gods/whatever BS they can come up with".

What a joke.

I know. It sucks :( Specially when people bring in these sort of stuffs as excuses.

Appalling. What do they think keeping the birds locked up until the end of hunting season is going to do? If poachers are shooting protected and endangered species, something like an official date that ends hunting season can hardly been seen as protection for the birds.

And 25000 elephant a year in Africa. China is the largest importer of ivory in the black market. All for a feeling of personal wealth