wildlife crime
Illegal animal trafficking
Wildlife crime encompasses illegal acts against wild animals and plants—poaching, trafficking, and trade in protected species or their parts.
It includes hunting out of season, exceeding bag limits, and smuggling ivory, rhino horn, or exotic pets across borders.
Authorities seized a shipment linked to international wildlife crime.
The term often appears in conservation and law enforcement contexts.
- shark finningRemoving fins, discarding carcass
- trophy huntingKilling wildlife for souvenirs
- exotic petsUncommon domesticated animals
- snaresTraps or drum wires
- illegal loggingUnlawful forest harvesting
fur trapping · CITES · conservation efforts · ivory trade · rhino horn · bushmeat · deforestation · overfishing · urban sprawl · poaching · smuggling · black market · illegal trade · endangered species · protected species
- international crimehuman trafficking, drug trafficking, cybercrime, migrant smuggling, narcotics
- Poachingpoacher, poaching, ivory, tusks, snare
- wildlife lawpoaching, poachers, illegal hunting, illegal fishing, game wardens
- wildlife threatsbiodiversity loss, extinction, habitat loss, poaching, species extinction
- wildlife tradeillegal trade, poaching, ivory trade, rhino horn, shark fins
- wildlife conservationhabitat protection, game warden, species protection, ranger, conservation biology
wildlife crimesport hunting
Killing animals recreationally
recreational fishing · subsistence hunting · sustainable harvesting · duck hunting · deer hunting
wildlife crimewildlife conservation
Protecting animals and ecosystems
wildlife protection · species preservation · wildlife rehabilitation · rewilding · conservation biology
wildlife crimespecies recovery
Rebuilding threatened animal populations
breeding programs · habitat restoration · ecosystem restoration · wildlife corridors · protected areas
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