By this time animals were being hunted for commercial purposes‚ apart from the provision of food and clothing. For example‚ eleplants were being hunted for their ivory. Nowadays‚ attempts are being made to regulate such wholesale commercial hunting‚ but it is difficult to control in some areas. Thus‚ animals continue to die to make profits for humans. Of course‚ not only commerce is to blame. Hunting as a sport has also played a part in the extinction of certain species.