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==Threats==

==Threats==

Man posted the most serious threat to ostriches, with the millinery industry during the 19th century nearly driving the birds to extinction due to the demand for feathers in ladies fashions.  Proper management - as well as ostrich farming - have allowed the wild birds to flourish to the point where they are not considered threatened.  Livestock grazing however, may affect the birds' habitats and restrict their range<ref>http://www.arkive.org/ostrich/struthio-camelus/</ref>, while the subspecies ''S. c. molybdophanes'' has been listed as "vulnerable" by the ICUN, in part due to the need for sustenance and cash as a result of the political and religious unrest in the horn of Africa<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22732795/0</ref>. Another subspecies, ''S. c. syriacus'', became extinct through over-hunting.

Man posted the most serious threat to ostriches, with the millinery industry during the 19th century nearly driving the birds to extinction due to the demand for feathers in ladies fashions.  Proper management - as well as ostrich farming - have allowed the wild birds to flourish to the point where they are not considered threatened.  Livestock grazing however, may affect the birds' habitats and restrict their range,<ref>http://www.arkive.org/ostrich/struthio-camelus/</ref> while the subspecies ''S. c. molybdophanes'' has been listed as "vulnerable" by the ICUN, in part due to the need for sustenance and cash as a result of the political and religious unrest in the horn of Africa.<ref>http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22732795/0</ref>  Another subspecies, ''S. c. syriacus'', became extinct through over-hunting.

==References==

==References==

==See also==

==See also==