Poaching Awareness Video

Why Poach?

Humans and their ancestors have hunted for over 400,000 years. Historically, hunting has played an important role in leadership, community formation, language development, and tool use. Products, such as hide, ivory, horn, teeth and bone, are sold to dealers who make clothes, jewelry, and other materials from them. In some African and Latin American societies, animals are poached for game meat. In Congo, for example, wild monkey meat is sold in the open market.

Introduction to Poaching

Poaching is the illegal hunting, killing, or capturing of animals. This can occur in a variety of ways. It can refer to the failure to comply with regulations for legal harvest, resulting in the illegal taking of wildlife that would otherwise be allowable. Examples include: taking without a license or permit, use of a prohibited weapon or trap, taking outside of the designated time of day or year, and taking of a prohibited sex or life stage. Poaching can also refer to the taking of animals from a gazzetted wildlife sanctuary, such as a national park, game reserve or zoo.