National Geographic’s Most Incredible Photos of 2016

Tracking Poachers

This photo was originally published in “Inside the Fight To Save One of the World’s Most Dangerous Parks,” in July.

Despite today’s much stricter laws against illegal poaching, poachers still can’t stop doing what they do. The ranger pictured above is just one of the many who’s trying to protect the animals from being poached, which in this case, is an elephant for its ivory tusks.

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