Reptiles and other animals are hunted in the wild

• for food to eat  

• to make medicine

• to trade illegally

• to make clothing, accessories, and souvenirs using the skin and other parts of the body

• to be sold as pets

• out of fear that they or their livestock will be injured by them

Other Issues and Interesting Facts

• Turtles are currently at risk of global extinction because of the high demand for their meat for soup and their shells for traditional Chinese medicine.

• Sea turtle are eaten regularly like other turtles, but many are also killed accidently in fishing nets.

• In 1987 India banned the exportation of frog legs because densities of insect pests increase dramatically in agricultural areas where frog numbers had declined