How to Use poacher in a Sentence

poacher

noun

• The meat of one gorilla, says the WCS, would net a poacher around $70.
  — Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2010
• This place is well known for lime-stick traps -- the poacher was never caught.
  — Rebecca Horne, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2010
• When an alleged poacher appears in court, the ranger or rangers who made the arrest must be present.
  — Laurel Neme, National Geographic, 18 Aug. 2020
• So poachers use nets to get them from European rivers and streams.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• This jacket has a poacher's pocket in the back to keep things safe and out of the way during that morning ride to the office.
  — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021
• One possible cause is that a wildlife poacher might have passed the virus to traders who carried it to Wuhan but that has yet to be proven.
  — Emily Wang Fujiyama and Sam McNeil, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
• Even though the horns grow back, poachers kill rhinos instead of sedating them to cut off the horns.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2023
• The blade of a huge circular saw that was abandoned by a tree poacher in the forest was turned into a gong.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• An electrified fence was erected around the reserve boundary to keep the wildlife in and poachers and hunters out.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• Upgrade your breakfast and brunch meals with an egg poacher.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 10 Nov. 2022
• Because not all of the horn is removed, there is still value for poachers to exploit.
  — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
• Namely the rhinos, who had their horns shaved down to dissuade any poachers who might make it past all the safeguards.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• They are often sought by hunters and poachers for their horns and orange coloring, the zoo said.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
• The parrots are beloved overnighters here, and residents are on constant alert for poachers.
  — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
• The discovery of a dead desert bighorn sheep near an Arizona field has set off a search for the poacher, wildlife officials said.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
• One possibility is that a wildlife poacher might have passed the virus to traders who carried it to Wuhan.
  — Emily Wang Fujiyama, Star Tribune, 2 Feb. 2021
• The sting led to the arrest of 11 alligator poachers in the Everglades in a single day.
  — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2023
• One of its drones was put to work in Botswana, protecting the last remaining black rhino from poachers.
  — WIRED, 25 July 2023
• Babauta’s efforts led to the arrest of 11 poachers in a single day, one of the biggest hauls in the agency’s history.
  — David Conrads, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
• For example, say a poacher kills 10 mallards in a National Wildlife Refuge, gets in his truck, and drives home.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 2 Dec. 2020
• Sea turtles can get stranded on the rocks and become easy targets for poachers, who raid nests and kill the animals for their meat.
  — Juma Adero, The New Yorker, 26 July 2023
• The bright spots near the beginning are animals; two potential poachers are filmed near the end.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
• Shortly afterward, a gorilla missing its left hand moves across the scene; WCS thinks the hand could have been lost to a poacher's snare.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2012
• Niassa Reserve came across a young male lion caught in a poacher’s snare.
  — Nancy Averett, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2021
• Deforestation is a major threat to the bears, and poachers hunt them for their lucrative body parts.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
• After losing her herd to poachers, Zoe tried to join other elephants.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
• While in Hong Kong, the unlikeliness of the setting has enabled them to fly largely under poachers’ radar.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 29 Apr. 2023
• However, they are now endangered and are hunted by poachers for their meat and skins.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2023
• Earlier this month, two poachers pled guilty to killing a bull moose in an Alaskan National Park back in September of 2021.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
• In some cases, decoys' journeys revealed the full trade chain: from the poacher, to a seller, to a customer's residence, says Pheasey.
  — Nell Lewis, CNN, 15 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024