"VICTORVILLE — When most people think of poaching, they imagine big game hunters armed with rifles, taking down elephants or tigers in far away wildlands.
So it may come as a surprise that poaching is big business here in the High Desert, with everything from rocks to rattlesnakes being illegally taken for commercial gain.
"This region has some world-class areas that people around the world know," particularly for plants and reptiles, said Mike McBride of the California Department of Fish and Game. "Poaching goes on everywhere." "
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High Desert poaching is big business
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