Eco Tourism

African poachers use geo-tagged Instagram photos to track, kill endangered animals: report
Conservationists are warning people against sharing the locations of endangered tigers and rhinos on social media as tech-savvy poachers are using the sites to locate their prey.
BY LEE MORAN  NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/african-poachers-instagram-photos-track-kill-endangered-animals-report-article-1.1785710


Your Travel Photos Are Helping Rhino Poachers
Click but don’t share when you’re on safari
By: Candice Gaukel Andrews  Jul 17, 2014
http://www.outsideonline.com/1924626/your-travel-photos-are-helping-rhino-poachers


Capturing Wildlife: How Poachers Are Liking and Using Your Photos
by Jessica Ramos
May 12, 2014 4:00 pm
http://www.care2.com/causes/capturing-wildlife-how-poachers-are-liking-and-using-your-photos.html#ixzz31bFAvhDe


FOURSQUARE FOR HUNTERS
Geotagged safari photos could lead poachers right to endangered rhinos
http://qz.com/206069/geotagged-safari-photos-could-lead-poachers-right-to-endangered-rhinos/


Now poachers are using Facebook and Twitter to track down rare animals: Gangs scour social media for geo-tagged photos then use co-ordinates to find wildlife 
Poachers are tracking endangered species using tourist photographs 
Many cameras and smartphones routinely record the location of the image
Criminals download this information to track down the animals quickly
Some poachers use helicopters to escape with the tusks or horns
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029812/Now-poachers-using-Facebook-Twitter-track-rare-animals-Gangs-scour-social-media-geo-tagged-photos-use-ordinates-wildlife.html