Unraveling the real magnitude of illegal wildlife poisoning to halt cryptic biodiversity loss

This work was supported by the project TOXICO funding by “BBVA Foundation grants to scientific research teams, call 2018”. WWF Spain and SEO/BirdLife provided access to the ANTíDOTO database of wildlife poisoning in Spain. The Ohio Wesleyan University supported with logistical material (5 camera-traps). JVLB was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (RYC-2015-18932; CGL2017-87528-R AEI/FEDER EU). JVLB and PMT were supported by a GRUPIN research grant from the Regional Government of Asturias (AYUD/2021/51314). In Portugal, this study was financed through the Sentinelas project funded by Fundo Ambiental – Ministério do Ambiente e da Açao Climática. We are grateful to Instituto da Conservaçao da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF), Principado de Asturias, Junta de Castilla y León, Xunta de Galicia, Gobierno de Cantabria, Comunidad de Madrid, Junta de Andalucía, Picos de Europa National Park, Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, Cabañeros National Park and Monfragüe National Park for granted permissions.