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BHUBANESWAR: Wildlife experts suspect that thousands of snares, placed by poachers to hunt prey animals, are currently strewn across Satkosia Tiger Reserve . The poachers observe the movement of animals, especially herbivores, for days before planting the snares.A forest officer said the only way to detect wire-laden entrapments was to use metal detectors. Traps can activate the signal on a detector from a minimum of 50 meters and a maximum of 100 meters. “The forest field personnel should use hand-held metal detectors while walking along animal paths,” said wildlife campaigner Biswajit Mohanty.MB2’s carcass bore a deep injury on the dorsal region of the neck. Only in rare cases does the animal escape,” said a wildlife officer.Poachers place the snares in areas frequented by prey animals such as wild boar , sambar and deer, and then leave..