Question

People who kill the animals are known as
(a) Poachers
(b) Inhabitants
(c) Immigrants
(d) All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: An inhabitant is a person that lives in a particular area or has occupied that particular area.
An immigrant is a person who comes to live in a particular area from a foreign region.

Complete Answer:
Poaching is the illegal hunting or trapping and capturing of wild animals especially endangered species of animals. This hunting and capturing of wild animals in an area is usually associated with land use rights.
 The act of poaching was previously performed by malnutritioned peasants to gain appropriate nutrition and sustain a basic lifestyle. The hunted animals were supplements for their diets which lacked nutrition.
 Poaching was also performed by nobles and rulers of territories to showcase their hunting privileges.
Poverty is a large factor in causing people to resort to poaching. This is apparent in areas like Asia and Africa where there is more poverty and higher rates of poaching.

Therefore, poachers are the people who kill animals for economic gain. Hence, the correct answer is (a) Poachers

Note:
The word “poaching” has also been used to describe the illegal harvesting of endangered wild plant species. The term “poaching” has also been used in agriculture to describe the loss of soil and loss of grass by overgrazing of livestock and the damaging effect of the feet of livestock. This affects the productivity of the land, causes water pollution because of an increase in soil runoff due to the loosening of the soil.