First we need mandatory life sentences for poachers of endangered animals. Secondly poachers caught in the act should be shot on site -- just like we would if someone was caught in the middle of murdering other humans.
Evil me sometimes fantasizes about real-life shadowbanning such people. When you catch them, mark them with an RFID or indelible paint. Now that you can recognize them, give their votes in elections the weight of zero. Skip them when hiring for important positions. Let them live their merry life in peace, but completely remove them from "adult affairs". You don't have to tell them. I reserve the same treatment for racists and homophobes by the way.
Of course you can't and shouldn't do that. On a serious note, it boggles the mind how much harm is done by ignorant and superstitious people even today...
* the word animal derives from the same root as 'animated' - we are animals because we can control our movements, n contrast to rooted entities like plants.
And I agree with you. I would also add "bounties on poachers" to your statement.