protected wildlife
Legally safeguarded animals
Protected wildlife refers to animal species that laws prohibit hunting, capturing, harming, or trading.
Governments designate species as protected when populations are threatened or endangered: The bald eagle was protected wildlife for decades before its recovery.
Penalties for killing protected wildlife range from fines to imprisonment.
The term appears in conservation law, environmental policy, and wildlife management contexts.
- Endangered Species ActLaw conserving threatened wildlife
- endangered listRegistry of threatened species
- tuskExtended external tooth
- cubYoung wild mammal
- nature reserveProtected habitat area
wing · breeding program · conservation effort · CITES · shell · marine sanctuary · paw · ranger · scale · fur · feather · hoof · claw · beak · fawn · howl · den · talon
protected wildlifefair game
Legitimate object of pursuit
game animals · invasive species · varmints · vermin · big game
protected wildlifelivestock
Domesticated farm animals
farm animals · working animals · domestic animals · domesticated animals · cattle
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