Editing Cyanide (section)

===Illegal fishing and poaching===
{{Main|Cyanide fishing}}
Cyanides are illegally used to capture live fish near [[coral reef]]s for the [[aquarium]] and seafood markets. The practice is controversial, dangerous, and damaging but is driven by the lucrative exotic fish market.<ref name="crc">Dzombak, David A; Ghosh, Rajat S; Wong-Chong, George M. ''Cyanide in Water and Soil''. [[CRC Press]], 2006, Chapter 11.2: "Use of Cyanide for Capturing Live Reef Fish".</ref>

Poachers in Africa have been known to use cyanide to poison waterholes, to kill elephants for their ivory.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-25/zimbabwe-poachers-kill-80-elephants-with-cyanide/4981372 Poachers kill 80 elephants with cyanide in Zimbabwe] ''ABC News'', 25 September 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2015.</ref>