poaching
the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
any encroachment on another's property, rights, ideas, or the like.
Origin of poaching
1Other words from poaching
- an·ti·poach·ing, adjective
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How to use poaching in a sentence
The group should also back initiatives that tackle such threats as poaching and habitat loss.
A virtual menagerie: How conservation and rescue efforts can connect us with wildlife around the world | Andrea Sachs | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostThe park is large enough to support three to four times the number of animals currently present, but poaching, habitat fragmentation, and the loss of connectivity to other nearby ecosystems have long acted to suppress wildlife populations.
Photos: Africa’s nature parks are in the midst of a pandemic-induced conservation crisis | Peter Chadwick (photos) | January 9, 2021 | QuartzWith fewer tourists in Africa, poaching is on the rise, and rangers don’t have the resources to keep working.
36 Awesome Gifts for Adventure Travelers | Mary Turner and Erin Riley | December 11, 2020 | Outside OnlineEvery day they are threatened by habitat destruction and poaching.
Can artificial intelligence give elephants a winning edge? | Walter Thompson | November 20, 2020 | TechCrunchWhere these communities are intact, poaching has dramatically decreased.
These Photos Remind Us Why Conservation Matters - Issue 92: Frontiers | Kevin Berger | November 11, 2020 | Nautilus
Now poaching is on the rise and wildlife conservation in peril.
Ebola Could Deal a Death Blow to Africa’s Wildlife | Brandon Presser | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 13,000-person strong anti-poaching Botswana Defense Force protects the animals in a country.
These numbers coincide with balooning business for wildlife poaching, which is now a$300 billion industry.
Africans are the park rangers protecting the elephants and other wildlife from violent criminal poaching networks.
Why the US-Africa Summit Was Important and Why It Wasn't Enough | John Prendergast | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTpoaching fell off dramatically, and the black market price of ivory dropped.
For the benefit of innocents who do not know what poaching is like, I will give an idea of this one dog's depredations.
The Chequers | James RuncimanI took thee for an angler, and thou art but a poaching knave!
Angling Sketches | Andrew LangBoth fox families kept, for the most part, strictly to their own range, for poaching in a fox country always means trouble.
Wild Folk | Samuel ScovilleVerna, for her part, was keenly enjoying this clandestine night-poaching expedition.
Forging the Blades | Bertram Mitfordpoaching, John Carter—is—is a sin of which too many are guilty, owing to the lenity of our most excellent laws.
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