How to say "poach/poaching" as in elephant/rhino poaching?

[NaiGreg]

Actually looking for 2 words. Dictionaries not helping.

1. poaching animals

2. smuggling/trade in animals/tusks, etc.

Thanks,

NG

[KhunBENQ]

1. poaching animals: ลอบ ล่า สัตว์ (lop la sat) = steal into a place to hunt animals

Derived this from the headline of this news article:

http://mgr.manager.co.th/South/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9550000059444

(seems to be a foreigner hunting illegally as the boss of the immigration police is on site second from left)

If you google (pictures) for ลอบล่าสัตว์ you will find many plausible results.

Web search brings up other headlines with this phrase.

So I am confident that it is common language.

2. smuggling/trade in animals/tusks, etc.

ลักลอบ ค้า สัตว์ ป่า (laklop kha sat pa) = smuggle/trade wild animal

(blanks in Thai inserted, of course only for readability)

Edited October 21, 2013 by KhunBENQ

[coma]

1] To poach : การขโมยจับสัตว์

2] As mentioned above

[KhunBENQ]

1] To poach : การขโมยจับสัตว์

การขโมยจับสัตว์ (kan khamoi chap sat) stealing catch animals

Hmm, couldn't that mean just any stealing of animals,

Not a single hit in the Thai language press.

Edited October 21, 2013 by KhunBENQ

[NaiGreg]

Thanks for the replies!