Noun
overhunting (uncountable)
Hunting at unsustainable levels.
Along with human-made changes in climate (see above), some of these extinctions could be caused by overhunting, overfishing, invasive species, or habitat loss. Source: Internet
In addition, a small subspecies of Canada goose, the Bering Canada goose (Branta canadensis asiatica) is extinct due to overhunting and introduction of rats to their breeding islands. Source: Internet
However, a diminishment in body size of U.a. berigianus has been noted, mostly likely in correlation with overhunting. Source: Internet
One study from the Amur territory of Russia found that brown bears were actually more prolific killers of wild boars than both tigers and gray wolves, but probably are biased by scarcity of tigers in the region after overhunting of the big cat. Source: Internet