Kenya: Six Poachers Shot Dead At Timau, Meru County

Six suspected poachers have been killed at the Timau police road block during a shoot out with police Tuesday morning.

Source: allafrica.com

Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about.

Consuming Nature

Poachers Slaughter Thousands of Central Africa’s Elephants (via Environment News Service)

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, February 6, 2013 (ENS) – Poachers have killed some 11,000 elephants in the Central African country of Gabon since 2004, finds a study by the Gabonese National Parks Agency, WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society released today. “Gabon, refuge of biodiversity in the Congo Basin…