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poaching
(redirected from Illegal hunting)

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poaching
1. illegal, secret trapping or killing of game.
2. excessive traffic by animals, especially ungulates, on wet pasture fields causing rupture of pasture mat and loss of grass and clover carrying capacity.


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Illegal hunting and trading are also taking their toll.
Major survival threats come from forest destruction to develop oil palm--tree plantations and from illegal hunting.
Although illegal hunting was widespread and tolerated by local magistrates and royal officials, hunting was a collective semantic that underscored the values of the community.
 
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