
Wild Saola camera-trapped in central Laos (Bolikhamxay Province) in 1999. Copyright 1999 William Robichaud

Female saola, Lak Xao, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos. Copyright 1996 William Robichaud.

Female saola, Lak Xao, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos. Copyright 1996 William Robichaud.

Female saola, Lak Xao, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos. Copyright 1996 William Robichaud.

Juvenile Saola. Copyright: Jonathan Eames

Laos Annamites forest, the habitat of many endangered species including the Saola. Copyright: Andrew Tilker

Vietnam Annamites forest, the habitat of many endangered species including the Saola. Copyright: Andrew Tilker

Wire snares collected in saola habitat, central Laos (Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area). Copyright 2009 by William Robichaud.

Snare retrieval. Copyright: Andrew Tilker

Village patrol ranger with snared Red-Shanked Douc, in Saola habitat, central Laos (Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area). Copyright 2011 by William Robichaud.

Villager and saola horns, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos. Copyright 2002 William Robichaud.

Villager with saola horns, Ban Fangdeng village, central Laos (Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area). Copyright 2011 William Robichaud.

Saola horns. Copyright Andrew Tilker

Saola horns. Copyright Andrew Tilker

Saola horns. Copyright Andrew Tilker

Saola horns in rural home. Copyright Andrew Tilker

Planning a field trip. Copyright: Andrew Tilker

Rob Timmins (rear) and team members cross a rain-swollen stream in the Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area.(Photo courtesy Simeuang Phitsanoukan and WMPA)

WWF staff and SWG member Mr. Nguyen Quang Hoa Anh (l) and forest guard team leader, Mr. Nguyen Huu Hoa, plan a patrol in the Hue Saola Nature Reserve (November 2015).

Conducting fieldwork in the Annamites is no easy feat! Copyright: Andrew Tilker

Mr. Hoa, team leader of the Hue Saola Nature Reserve Forest Guards, removes a snare set for a pangolin at the hollow base of a tree (November 2015).

Mr. Nguyen Huu Hoa, a village forest guard in the Hue Saola Nature Reserve, Vietnam, with wire snares collected by his team during a patrol in November 2015 (Photo by W. Robichaud)

Setting camera traps. Copyright: Andrew tilker