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poaching

illegal hunting and capturing of wild animals
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Summary

poaching ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,344 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Main regulatory text: Strafgesetzbuch[2]
  • Subclass of: environmental crime[3], poaching[4], activity[5]
  • Commons category: Poaching (criminal activity)[6]
  • Opposite of: Anti-poaching[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Poaching[8]
  • Facet of: land law[9], environmental law[10]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • Different from: poaching[13], hunting[14]
  • Practiced by: poacher[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[16], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
  • Relates to sustainable development goal, target or indicator: Target 15.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals[18]

Why It Matters

poaching has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] poaching is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  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. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → poaching
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: poaching, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950529|poaching (#289950529)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001306-pytlactvi
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001306-pytlactvi, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 5881, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  4. 23w 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
    Local thumb → —
    Practiced by → poacher
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ Openalex id: C2776217272, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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