poaching

illegal hunting and capturing of wild animals
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poaching

Summary

poaching ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,923 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • poaching's main regulatory text is recorded as Strafgesetzbuch[2].
  • poaching is a type of environmental crime[3].
  • poaching is a type of poaching[4].
  • poaching is a type of activity[5].
  • poaching's Commons category is recorded as Poaching (criminal activity)[6].
  • poaching is the opposite of Anti-poaching[7].
  • poaching's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Poaching[8].
  • poaching's facet of is recorded as land law[9].
  • poaching's facet of is recorded as environmental law[10].
  • poaching's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11].
  • poaching's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • poaching's different from is recorded as poaching[13].
  • poaching's different from is recorded as hunting[14].
  • poaching's practiced by is recorded as poacher[15].
  • poaching's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[16].
  • poaching's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].
  • poaching's relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator is recorded as Target 15.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include environmental crime[3], poaching[4], and activity[5]. poaching is the opposite of Anti-poaching[7].

Why It Matters

poaching ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,923 views/month).[1] poaching has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] poaching is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . globalgoals.org. Retrieved . globalgoals.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 20d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of environmental crime, poaching, activity
    Relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator Target 15.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals
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    Practiced by poacher
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