Poaching

:For the culinary term see poaching (cooking).

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:Poaching is also a form of damage to soil. Poached ground has been trampled, by cattle especially. It occurs particularly in wet conditions.

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Poaching is illegal hunting or fishing. It may be illegal because:

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• The game or fish is out of season.
• The animal is on restricted land.
• The right to hunt this animal is claimed by somebody.
• The means used are illegal (for example, baiting a field while hunting quail)
• The animal or fish is protected by law (see for example the Endangered Species Act for the USA)

Note that only animals meant to be hunted can be poached. Stealing or killing domestic animals is theft ("cattle rustling"), not poaching.

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Poaching: Historical aspects ►



 

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Cattle: Cattle (called simply cows in vernacular usage) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. They are raised as livestock for meat (called beef and veal), dairy products (milk), leather and as draught animals (pulling carts, plows and the like). In some count...

Hunting: :This article is about the hunting of prey by human society. For other uses of the word "hunting", see Hunting (disambiguation). "Hunter" and "huntress" redirect here; for other uses of these words, see Hunter (disambiguation) and Huntress (disambiguation)....