Poachers are hacking scientific data to hunt the animals being studied
Saturday, February 11, 2017 - 11:51
in Biology & Nature
Like many scientists, Carleton University professor Steven Cooke tracks the animals he studies — in his case, fish. But his latest study is about the ways poachers, hunters and wild-life photographers are hacking the kind of scientific data he collects and using it to hunt or harass the animals being studied, from Banff National Park to Australia's ocean reefs.