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The new results help explain why Greenland walruses may have been overhunted, Barrett says.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 22, 2022

In Virginia, black bears almost went extinct in the early 1900s as they were overhunted, but after limits were imposed on the number that can be harvested, their population has rebounded, Martin said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2022

How they haven’t walked the earth for thousands of years, how in some cases they were overhunted by early man.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 17, 2012

Pinta Island tortoises were overhunted in the 19th century by protein-hungry fishermen and sailors, and they suffered further during that century as the island was overrun by invasive feral goats, which destroyed the tortoises’ habitat.

From Scientific American • Jun. 26, 2012

Eventually, large animals like the mammoth were overhunted and became extinct.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012