# Trying to find a photograph

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-photograph/425826>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 9, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-photograph/425826 "2007-11-09T19:46:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-photograph/425826/1 "2007-11-09T19:46:08Z")

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Well…two photographs, actually. I remember seeing a downright shocking before-and-after shot of the exact same piece of desert, with and without saguaro cactus. I seem to remember that the problem was that people were stealing them out of the desert (that practice has since been deemed illegal).

I don’t remember if it was in Arizona Highways or somewhere else, but I tried to find them and had no luck. I’m not even sure how to word the search. So… if anyone can find those shots, I’d be most appreciative.

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**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-photograph/425826/2 "2007-11-09T23:48:00Z")

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I’m not finding it but a phrase you might want to use in searching is “cactus rustling” it became of a bit of a news story a few years ago.

Here’s a [report](http://www.traffic.org/content/806.pdf) on it but no pictures in it. I’m enjoying the poking around, I’ll post again if I find anything that seems to fit.