The two major threats to sun bears are habitat loss and commercial hunting.

We also completely eliminated the passenger pigeon through commercial hunting.

The species does not constitute an important element in former Soviet commercial hunting, and is usually only caught incidentally.

Once pigeon meat became popular, commercial hunting started on a prodigious scale.

In Argentina, many game ranches raise water buffalo for commercial hunting.

By federal national parks legislation, commercial or sport hunting is not permitted.

But it was commercial hunting by European settlers that devastated the animals' populations.

But commercial hunting that began 300 years ago drastically reduced their numbers.

Aboriginal people became less involved in commercial hunting of crocodiles once night spotlight shooting started.

Later, commercial hunting was developed and marine mammals were heavily exploited.