Editing Wildlife (section)

=== 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>