Editing Serval (section)

== Conservation ==
[[File:Serval (8373405687).jpg|thumb|right|A serval in [[Diergaarde Blijdorp]]]]
The [[Degradation of habitat|degradation]] of [[wetland]]s and [[grassland]]s is a major threat to the survival of the serval. Trade of serval skins, though on the decline, still occurs in countries such as Benin and Senegal. In West Africa, the serval has significance in [[traditional medicine]]. Pastoralists often kill servals to protect their livestock, though servals generally do not prey on livestock.<ref name=iucn/>

The serval is listed as [[least concern]] on the [[IUCN Red List]], and is included in [[CITES Appendix II]]. It occurs in several protected areas across its range. Hunting of servals is prohibited in Algeria, Botswana, Congo, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tunisia, and South Africa's [[Cape Province]]; hunting regulations apply in Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Malawi, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia.<ref name=iucn/>