overhunting
/ˌoʊvərˈhʌntɪŋ/
noun
- The act or practice of hunting animals too much, causing their numbers to drop dangerously.
- The government introduced new rules to prevent overhunting in national parks.
- Conservation groups are working to stop overhunting of endangered rhinos.
- Overhunting led to the extinction of the passenger pigeon in the early 1900s.
Antonyms
verb
- Present participle of overhunt.
- The tribe is overhunting the forest, and the animals are disappearing.
- The documentary showed how humans are overhunting sharks for their fins.
- If we keep overhunting these seals, they will soon be gone.