illegal hunting
Hunting without permits
Illegal hunting is the pursuit or killing of wildlife in violation of law—hunting protected species, hunting out of season, exceeding bag limits, or hunting without proper licenses.
The term overlaps with poaching, though poaching often emphasizes trespassing on private land or taking endangered animals: Illegal hunting has decimated elephant populations across Africa.
- bushmeatHunted tropical wildlife flesh
- wildlife traffickingIllicit trade in animals
- game wardensWildlife law enforcement
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- protected areasZones with legal conservation status
species extinction · snares · black market · biodiversity loss · habitat loss · ivory trade · CITES · conservation · endangered species · population decline · rhino · wildlife sanctuaries · ranger · habitat destruction · rifle · gamekeeper · bag limit · deforestation
- wildlife lawpoachers, wildlife crime, wildlife trafficking, game wardens, rangers
- wildlife mortalitymortality rate, die-off, mass die-off, natural death, natural causes
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- wildlife conservationhabitat protection, game warden, species protection, wildlife officer, wildlife refuges
- historical crimestreason, heresy, blasphemy, witchcraft, piracy
- Property Crimesburglary, larceny, robbery, vandalism, arson
illegal huntingsport hunting
Killing animals recreationally
recreational hunting · sustainable hunting · subsistence hunting · sustainable harvesting · trophy hunting
illegal huntingwildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
wildlife protection · habitat protection · animal conservation · species preservation · species conservation