Editing Wildlife (section)

=== 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.