Sharks are harvested for meat and cartilage, liver oil and,especially,for their fins.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

The growing demand for meat and dairy products is putting particular strain on the environment.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

The meat then was grilled for five minutes on each side at a temperature of more than two hundred degrees Celsius.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

Railroads brought animals to Chicago, where packing companies killed them and prepared the meat for eastern markets.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

They swallowed it whole. Their teeth were used to rip the meat or plants into mouth-sized pieces, but were not used for chewing.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

The meat came in containers with "U.S." written on them, which was short for the United States.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

Trains had special container cars with ice to keep meat, milk and other goods cold for long distances on their way to market.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

Most American markets sell turkey white meat that is cooked and thinly sliced for making sandwiches.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

The growth of these industrial centers created a big demand for food, especially meat.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

Chicago was called Hog Butcher for the World because of its huge meat-processing industry.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

As the meat industry grew, the demand for fresh meat increased.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

Goats are valuable not just for their milk and meat, or for their ability to control weeds and help renew grasslands, or even for their ability to be gentle around children.

VOA: special.2010.09.07

But when we come to where the large significant populations are, which is the Congo basin, then we find that it's the bush meat trade that's the commercial hunting of wild animals for food.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Sheep are also valued for their meat.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

John Burey,who runs a meat processing company in the northern state of Queensland, thinks there is huge demand in China for the toads.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

Australia is a major food exporter, and if drought dramatically cuts yields, that could cause global prices for grain,meat and other foods to rise.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Critics,including the Australian government, say the research argument is a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under international regulations.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

In good times,the desert provides abundant food for goats and camels, which in turn provide the families with surplus milk and meat to sell in local markets.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Critics,including the Australian and New Zealand governments, say such arguments are a cover for the sale and consumption of whale meat, which is banned under an international moratorium on commercial hunting.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

"They fly to it thinking they can lay their eggs there and it will be a good place for their eggs to hatch out and eat the rotting meat, but they get tricked into just pollinating the flower."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30