Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. [1] [2] Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. [3] It was set against the hunting privileges of nobility and territorial rulers. [4]

2025年3月22日 · Poaching is a major existential threat to numerous wild organisms worldwide and is an important contributor to biodiversity loss. Until the 20th century most poaching was subsistence poaching—i.e., the taking of game or fish by impoverished peasants to augment a …

Some examples of illegal wildlife trade are well known, such as the poaching of elephants for ivory and tigers for their skins and bones. However, countless other species are similarly overexploited, from marine turtles to timber trees.

2023年1月5日 · Poaching is the illegal capturing and killing of animals on private lands. Read on to see why it happens and what laws are there to stop it.

2024年4月26日 · Poaching is the illegal hunting or capture of animals that are not one’s own. In many cases, poaching involves killing animals with the intent to acquire their meat, horns, …

2019年2月12日 · Poaching poses a threat to elephants, rhinos, and other animals, as well as to smaller and more obscure creatures, such as lizards and monkeys. Poachers sometimes kill or capture animals to...

2022年2月14日 · Poaching is the illegal taking of wildlife, in violation of local, state, federal, or international law. Activities that are considered poaching include killing an animal out of season,...