![]() They consider wild animals not commodities but free beings with the right to live undisturbed in their natural habitats. Most animal rights advocates believe that wild animals should not be used at all -not for food, clothing, entertainment, companionship, or any other purpose. Keeping wild animals as pets is highly controversial and, in many states, illegal. This includes a wide variety of species, some of which are dangerous to humans. These include primates and some strains of rats, mice, and rabbits. Wild animals that are useful in scientific and medical research.(See Figure 3.1.) It includes a variety of animals that humans can encounter in the wild and at refuges, sanctuaries, zoos, parks, and entertainment venues. This category is very diverse and ranges from songbirds in the backyard to whales in the open sea. Wild animals that humans enjoy watching, hearing, feeding, or photographing.Some wild animals even have military uses, particularly dolphins, whales, and sea lions. They also perform in circuses and shows, along with bears, primates, birds, lions, tigers, dolphins, seals, whales, and other trainable animals. For example, elephants are used as beasts of burden in many Asian countries. Wild animals that can be manipulated to do labor or entertain people.Sport fish include a variety of freshwater and saltwater species. African lions, giraffes, antelopes, gazelles, Cape buffaloes, Corsican sheep, and Angora goats are some of the most popular. Exotic (foreign) animals are imported and killed at some hunting ranches (called canned hunts because the hunters pay to participate and are guaranteed to kill the animals). ![]() In the United States people primarily hunt native game, such as deer, bears, rabbits, squirrels, and waterfowl. Wild animals that humans kill for sport through hunting or fishing.This category includes deer, buffalo, elk, wildfowl, fur-bearing creatures, many fish and marine mammals, and animals such as tigers and bears with bones and organs that are used in traditional medicines. Wild animals that produce products people want to eat, wear, or use.Valuable wildlife fall into the following categories: This value might be economic, educational, or emotional in nature. However, many wild animals, even dangerous ones, have value to humans. Many rodents, skunks, rabbits, deer, and birds are considered nuisance animals. In addition, there are carnivores (such as coyotes and bobcats) that prey on livestock and pets, herbivores that eat crops and lawns, beavers that dam up streams, and wild animals that invade or damage human spaces. This is true of large carnivores (such as lions, tigers, and alligators), poisonous snakes and spiders, disease-carrying animals, and animals that endanger moving vehicles. Some wildlife threaten human safety, health, property, and/or quality of life. Humans tend to think of wild animals in terms of the threat they pose to people or the value they hold for them. Humans control, manage, manipulate, use, and kill wildlife for various reasons. This does not mean that wild animals live without human interference. Wildlife are animals that have not been domesticated by humans.
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