What percent of poachers poach for surrvival?

I am doing this HUGE project in school about poaching and i needdddddddddddd to know asap! Thanks you guys! ily


clm|||Well those who "poach" for survival are called hunters and are hard to number because many of them in Africa are tribes people.





The number of real poachers is also hard to number because they do it off the record.





If I were to guess, I'd say there are more hunters than poachers. Percentage wise, maybe about 60%, but that is just an estimate.





You also have to consider that certain animals were driven to endangerment because of persecution (eg: the African wild dog was persecuted just like the wolf in America and is now more endangered than the cheetah)





I'd try contacting a conservation organization for actual statistics. I'm just a zoo employee, but if you need help with certain animals in Africa that are being affected, I'm your girl! Feel free to email me.|||I can't give you an exact number but I'm sure it's very low if not 0 in the US. We have welfare program, after welfare program, after welfare program.





On the other hand if you are lost or stranded and poach to survive I don't think you would be prosecuted for poaching as human life outweighs animal life in all cases, in season or not.|||Interesting question. I am not aware of a national statistic (in the USA). Most states keep statistics on illegal shooting of animals but don't differentiate between subsistence hunting and illegal hunting for sport. Here where I live I know of people who validate their illegal hunting by claiming poverty but I know the welfare system is set up to prevent people from starving. A functioning welfare system is set up to prevent people from subsistence hunting and foraging.