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.

Related Topics:
Soil - Cattle

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

Related Topics:
Hunting - Fishing

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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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