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  • Microchips helping to prevent cactus poaching in Arizona national parks

    04/14/2018 11:44:29 AM PDT · by bgill · 25 replies
    abc15 ^ | Apr. 13, 2018 | Cameron Polom
    An unusual problem at Saguaro National Park requires an unusual solution to stop it. Cactus poaching; a lucrative crime that's caught the attention of the national park service. Chief O'Neil says even small saguaro can fetch a hefty bounty. "We understand that they sell for about a hundred dollar a foot, so this little guy is worth four or five hundred dollars," said O'Neil referencing a rather young, albeit 40-year-old saguaro. "We're looking to microchip cacti that are most likely to be taken," said O'Neil.