The short answer is, not as much as you might think. We here at C.A.S.H. believe that all hunting is a form of stealing, whether from nature, the animals’ families or the lives of the victims themselves. But the legal definition of poaching has more to do with stealing an opportunity from another hunter.

The good thing about reporting a poacher is that it’s the one way we can use the law to punish the killing of wildlife. For the most part, poaching laws were written with the licensed hunters in mind, not necessarily the animals’ welfare. But sometimes “game” laws limit the kill methods, quantity of kills and other factors that might happen to inadvertently benefit the animals themselves as well. Clearly not because of this, some “sportsman’s” groups like to support most game regulations, mainly to ensure their own good luck for the next time out.

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