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Patrick Brown

At Scotland Yard's animal protection unit, a police officer displays a tiger's head seized during a raid in London © Patrick Brown / PANOS / LUZphoto
A handcuffed poacher is photographed with a notice bearing details of his name, age and the nature and date of his crime. While operating as part of a poaching team in Bokor National park he was brought for questioning by members of the National Cambodian Forestry Security service.
A group of park rangers with elephants patrol Kaziranga National Park, on the lookout for tigers and poachers.
An officer from the Royal Forestry Department holds the skull of a rhino while other park rangers display some of the animal skins seized from poachers in the Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP). The park's five-year-old stockpile of animal products apprehended from poachers has an estimated value of 750,000 US dollars.