Editing Wildlife (section)

== Interactions with humans ==

=== Trade ===
{{excerpt|Wildlife trade}}

==== For food ====
[[File:Manis temminckii (29645803646).jpg|thumb|A ground pangolin|alt=A ground pangolin|207x207px]] [[Stone Age]] people and [[hunter-gatherer]]s relied on wildlife, both plants and animals, for their food. In fact, some species may have been hunted to [[extinction]] by early human hunters. Today, hunting, fishing, and gathering wildlife is still a significant food source in some parts of the world. In other areas, hunting and non-commercial fishing are mainly seen as a [[sport]] or recreation. Meat sourced from wildlife that is not traditionally regarded as game is known as [[bushmeat]]. The increasing demand for wildlife as a source of traditional food in [[East Asia]] is decimating populations of sharks, primates, [[pangolin]]s and other animals, which they believe have [[aphrodisiac]] properties.

{{cquote|Malaysia is home to a vast array of amazing wildlife. However, illegal hunting and trade poses a threat to Malaysia's natural diversity.|||Chris S. Shepherd<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traffic.org/home/2008/11/12/huge-haul-of-dead-owls-and-live-lizards-in-peninsular-malays.html|title=Huge haul of dead owls and live lizards in Peninsular Malaysia|last=Shepherd|first=Chris R.|author2=Thomas, R.|date=12 November 2008|publisher=Traffic|access-date=14 July 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401162549/http://www.traffic.org/home/2008/11/12/huge-haul-of-dead-owls-and-live-lizards-in-peninsular-malays.html|archive-date=1 April 2012}}</ref>}}

A November 2008 report from biologist and author Sally Kneidel, PhD, documented numerous wildlife species for sale in informal markets along the [[Amazon River]], including wild-caught [[marmoset]]s sold for as little as $1.60 (5 Peruvian soles).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://veggierevolution.blogspot.com/2008/10/monkeys-and-parrots-pouring-from-jungle.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209210616/http://veggierevolution.blogspot.com/2008/10/monkeys-and-parrots-pouring-from-jungle.html|url-status=dead|title=Veggie Revolution: Monkeys and parrots pouring from the jungle....|first=Sally Kneidel|last=Phd|date=November 10, 2008|archivedate=February 9, 2010}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|date=July 2010}} Many Amazon species, including [[peccary|peccaries]], [[agouti]]s, [[turtle]]s, turtle eggs, [[anaconda]]s, [[armadillo]]s are sold primarily as food.

=== Media ===
[[File:Tamiasciurus douglasii 000.jpg|thumb|A [[Douglas squirrel]] (''Tamiasciurus douglasii)''|alt=A Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)]]
{{See also|Nature documentary}}

Wildlife has long been a common subject for [[education]]al [[television show]]s. [[National Geographic Society]] specials appeared on [[CBS]] since 1965, later moving to [[American Broadcasting Company]] and then [[Public Broadcasting Service]]. In 1963, [[NBC]] debuted ''[[Wild Kingdom]],'' a popular program featuring zoologist [[Marlin Perkins]] as host. The [[BBC natural history unit]] in the [[United Kingdom]] was a similar pioneer, the first wildlife series LOOK presented by [[Sir Peter Scott]], was a studio-based show, with filmed inserts. [[David Attenborough]] first made his appearance in this series, which was followed by the series Zoo Quest during which he and cameraman Charles Lagus went to many exotic places looking for and filming elusive wildlife—notably the [[Komodo dragon]] in Indonesia and lemurs in Madagascar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Lagus BSC |url=http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/person/222/222.html?personid=222 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113175714/http://www.wildfilmhistory.org/person/222/222.html?personid=222 |archive-date=13 November 2012 |access-date=14 July 2012 |website=Wild Film History}}</ref>
Since 1984, the [[Discovery Channel]] and its spinoff [[Animal Planet]] in the US have dominated the market for shows about wildlife on cable television, while on [[Public Broadcasting Service]] the NATURE strand made by WNET-13 in New York and NOVA by WGBH in Boston are notable. Wildlife television is now a multimillion-dollar industry with specialist documentary film-makers in many countries including UK, US, New Zealand, Australia, Austria, Germany, Japan, and Canada.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
There are many magazines and websites which cover wildlife including ''[[National Wildlife]]'', ''[[Birds & Blooms]]'', ''[[Birding (magazine)|Birding]]'', [[wildlife.net]], and ''[[Ranger Rick]]'' for children.

=== Religion ===
Many [[Human uses of animals#In mythology and religion|animal species have spiritual significance]] in different cultures around the world, and they and their products may be used as sacred objects in religious rituals. For example, eagles, hawks and their feathers have great cultural and spiritual value to [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] as religious objects. In Hinduism the cow is regarded as sacred.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/Indiansandeaglefeathers.htm|title=The Significance of the Eagle to the Indians|last=Bélange|first=Claude|year=2004|encyclopedia=The Quebec History Encyclopedia|publisher=Marianopolis College|access-date=14 July 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103044651/http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/QuebecHistory/encyclopedia/Indiansandeaglefeathers.htm|archive-date=3 November 2012}}</ref>

Muslims conduct sacrifices on [[Eid al-Adha]], to commemorate the sacrificial spirit of [[Abraham in Islam|Ibrāhīm in Islam]] ( [[Abraham|Arabic-Abraham]]) in love of [[God in Islam|God]]. Camels, sheep, goats may be offered as sacrifice during the three days of Eid.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/03/eid-al-adha-2014_n_5927040.html|title=Eid Al-Adha 2014: Muslims Observe The Feast Of Sacrifice|work=Huffington Post|access-date=3 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321151331/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/03/eid-al-adha-2014_n_5927040.html|archive-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>

In Christianity the Bible has a variety of animal symbols, the [[Lamb of God|Lamb]] is a famous title of Jesus. In the [[New Testament]] the Gospels [[Mark the Evangelist|Mark]], [[Luke the Evangelist|Luke]] and [[John the Evangelist|John]] have animal symbols: "Mark is a lion, Luke is a bull and John is an eagle."<ref name="Catholic">{{Catholic|inline=1|wstitle=Animals in Christian Art}}</ref>

=== Tourism ===
{{excerpt|Wildlife tourism}}