Articles on Wildlife Crime

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Cecil the lion, before he was a trophy. Shutterstock/paula french

October 10, 2019

Trophy hunting – can it really be justified by ‘conservation benefits’?

Melanie Flynn, University of Huddersfield

A green criminologist weighs up the evidence.

Illegal trade in wildlife has now moved onto social media. wk1003mike/Shutterstock

April 23, 2019

How machine learning can help fight illegal wildlife trade on social media

Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki and Christoph Fink, University of Helsinki

Social media offers good conditions for wildlife trafficking to thrive.

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September 20, 2018

Rhino horn must become a socially unacceptable product in Asia

Jason Gilchrist, Edinburgh Napier University

Saving the rhino means tackling demand for its horn.

Kenya Wildlife Service rangers on patrol at the Meru National Park. Flickr/IFAW

May 20, 2018

Why Kenya’s proposal to execute convicted poachers is a bad idea

Jeremiah Ogonda Asaka, Middle Tennessee State University

Kenya's death penalty proposal is not the quick fix solution to curb wildlife poaching.

Top contributors

Jason Gilchrist
Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University
Enrico Di Minin
Researcher in Conservation Science, University of Helsinki
Jeremiah Ogonda Asaka
Assistant Professor of Security Studies, Sam Houston State University
Melanie Flynn
Senior lecturer in Criminology, University of Huddersfield
Christoph Fink
PhD Student, University of Helsinki