hunting
Let an agent handle hunting by law, licences, seasons, species, safety, welfare and cultural traditions, neutrally, without helping anyone evade rules or poach protected species.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Law Rules.
Licence
Permits.
Licence
Licences.
- What licence or permit is required here, according to the official authority? provenance
- What training is required? provenance
Seasons
Species and dates.
Seasons
Seasons and species.
- Which species may be hunted, in which season and with which limits? provenance
- Which species are protected? provenance
Safety Accidents.
Rules
General safety.
Rules
Safety rules.
- What general safety rules do hunting authorities publish? provenance
- Is high-visibility clothing required? provenance
Public
Walkers.
Public
Public safety.
- How can walkers find out where hunting is taking place? provenance
- How can incidents be reported? action
Welfare Animals and ethics.
Welfare
Humane practice.
Welfare
Animal welfare.
- What welfare standards apply to hunting methods here? provenance
- Which methods are banned? provenance
Debate
Views.
Debate
Ethical debate.
- What arguments do supporters and opponents make? provenance
- Are views attributed rather than endorsed? boundary
Culture Traditions.
Falconry
Heritage.
Falconry
Falconry.
- How is falconry practised and regulated, and is it recognised as heritage? provenance
- Which organisations represent falconers? provenance
Limits
No evasion.
Limits
Evasion limits.
- Is the request seeking to evade hunting laws or poach protected animals? boundary
- How should wildlife crime be reported? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Ot'ezjee pole, overhunting, falconry, Falconry in Austria, falconry in Germany, takagari, hunting with eagles, sport hunting, hunting by cheetah, ferreting, rabbiting, jackal coursing
What it is Filled
The practice of seeking, pursuing and killing or capturing wild animals, for food, population management, sport or tradition, including falconry; regulated by laws on licences, seasons, species, methods and animal welfare.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle hunting by law, licences, seasons, species, safety, welfare and cultural traditions, neutrally, without helping anyone evade rules or poach protected species.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Regulated by law
- Varies by country and species
- Ethical debates
- Cultural traditions
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Help hunt protected species, out of season or without a licence.
- Operate or aim weapons, or direct others to do so.
- Use drones, lights or electronic calls to locate animals where the law forbids it.
- Share locations of rare animals in a way that invites poaching.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision to kill or capture an animal.
- Culls for population management.
May
- Explain hunting laws, seasons and licence requirements from the wildlife authority.
- Report wildlife counts or sightings to an authority that authorized it.
Moral aspects Filled
- Hunting involves killing sentient animals; welfare and lawful methods matter.
- It is also a tradition and food source for many communities, including Indigenous peoples.
Who is affected
- Wild animals
- Hunters and bystanders
- Rural and Indigenous communities
Owners Filled
Steward
The wildlife authority that issues licences; wild animals belong to nobody until lawfully taken.
Master systems
- Hunting licence registers
- Firearms licence registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q140690347 - registry parent class
- Q1914636 - registry parent class
- Q451967 - registry parent class
related
- activity - category
- wildlife and hunting law - law
- falconry - tradition
- poaching - illegal activity
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.hunting
- Wikidata: Q36963 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36963)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Licences and tags
- Seasons and bag limits
- Poaching is illegal hunting
- Hunters in fields and forests, often with dogs, birds of prey or licensed equipment.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find licence and season rules
- check protected species lists
- follow firearm and hunting safety rules at a general level
- learn about traditions such as falconry
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Firearm accidents
- Poaching of protected species
- Taking sides in ethical debates
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National hunting and firearms law
- EU Birds and Habitats Directives
- CITES for international trade in trophies
Context of use required Filled
- Food, wildlife management, tradition and recreation.
- game hunting
- wildlife management culls
- falconry
- subsistence and Indigenous hunting
- overhunting and poaching (illegal)
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q36963: hunting - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Hunting - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should hunting types be separate entries?
- How should licence rules be localised?
- How should Indigenous rights be represented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q36963/spec.json