No menu items!

COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER

HomePoaching

Poaching

Poachers or poached eggs? Sustainable turtle egg harvesting in Ostional

Ostional is the only place in the world where people can legally harvest sea turtle eggs.

Costa Rica judge releases poachers hours after cops catch them with dozens of dead birds

National Police officers and Environment Ministry officials last Friday caught two poachers transporting 62 birds in the central Pacific district of Montes de Oro, in Costa Rica's Puntarenas province.

Suspected poaching ring leader arrested, accused of killing tapir

The suspect was found with a .22-caliber rifle, a machete and a dog that reportedly was used for hunting. He was arrested for carrying a weapon illegally. Three others with him fled.

Delta, American and United ban shipments of ‘big five’ hunting trophies

Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and United Airlines will no longer allow the shipment of lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo hunting trophies, the U.S. carriers said Monday.

Rich US tourists kill hundreds of lions each year, and it’s all legal

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature estimates that trophy-hunting tourists legally kill some 600 lions each year. Given that there are only about 30,000 lions left in Africa, this represents an annual loss of roughly 2 percent of the total lion population to legal hunting.

US dentist named as killer of Zimbabwe’s beloved Cecil the lion

"I had no idea that the lion I took was a known, local favorite, was collared and part of a study until the end of the hunt."
Costa Rica Coffee
Loading…
COSTA RICA EXCHANGE RATE
Costa Rica Car Rental
Costa Rica T shirts
Costa Rica Travel
Costa Rica Travel Insruance

Paul McCartney Turned a Rainy Costa Rica Day Off Into a New Song

Costa Rica's rain has been immortalized in one of Paul McCartney's newest songs. The legendary British musician revealed that "First Star of the Night,"...

What The Costa Rica Weather Is Like This Week June 1 – 8

If you're traveling in Costa Rica this week, expect the typical green-season pattern: bright, mostly dry mornings, then clouds and thunderstorms rolling in during...

Costa Rica Names Its Best Coffees of 2026 at the Cup of Excellence

A Java-variety coffee grown in the Los Santos region claimed the top spot among washed coffees in Costa Rica's Taza de la Excelencia (Cup...

Nicaragua Indigenous Leader Brooklyn Rivera Dies in State Custody

Nicaraguan Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera Bryan, one of the most recognized Miskito activists in the country and a former lawmaker, has died while in...