bears
They are poached for their horns which are woth a lot.
They are poached for their horns which are woth a lot.
Elephants and Rhinos are poached for their Tusks and Horns because they contain ivory which is valuable. Tigers, Leopards and other Big Cats are poached for their Skin which is also valuable.
It is important for rhinos to continue to reproduce to prevent them from going extinct. If rhinos stopped reproducing today, once all the existing rhinos died or were poached, rhinos would then no longer exist.
Elephant Tusks are not being poached. Elephants themselves are being poached for their ivory.
They poach them for their horns. The horns are used for supposed medical use or sold for money.
Elephants, Rhinos, and Leopards. And small plains game, the locals use it for food.
They have very rare eggs laying inside their small intestine. The eggs are used for ivory.
Koalas are not rare; nor are they being poached.
For meat.
If a tiger is being poached, the tiger is being illegally being hunted. Poachers also tend to go for other "big game" such as elephants for their tusks.
Pandas are being hunted and poached for their meat and fur. They are listed as being an endangered animal so efforts are being made to stop the poaching.