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[[File:25SCI-POACH1-superJumbo.jpg|thumb|A poacher standing in front of a captured rhinoceros.]] | [[File:25SCI-POACH1-superJumbo.jpg|thumb|A Thai poacher standing in front of a captured rhinoceros.]] | ||
'''Poaching''' is the act of the illegal hunting, killing or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Until the 20<sup>th</sup> century, mostly impoverished peasants poached for subsistence, thus supplementing a scarce diet. By contrast, stealing domestic animals such as cattle raiding is theft, not poaching. Since the 1980s, the term poaching has also been used for the illegal harvest of wild plant species. | '''Poaching''' is the act of the illegal hunting, killing or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Until the 20<sup>th</sup> century, mostly impoverished peasants poached for subsistence, thus supplementing a scarce diet. By contrast, stealing domestic animals such as cattle raiding is theft, not poaching. Since the 1980s, the term poaching has also been used for the illegal harvest of wild plant species. | ||