Editing Alligator (section)

==Human uses==
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[[File:Los Angeles Alligator Farm (ca. 1907) 02.jpg|thumb|Edward H. Mitchell, "The Joy Ride" at the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, California, {{Circa|1910s}}]]
Alligators are raised commercially for their meat and their skin, which when [[Tanning (leather)|tanned]] is used for the manufacture of [[Baggage|luggage]], [[handbag]]s, shoes, [[Belt (clothing)|belt]]s, and other leather items. Alligators also provide economic benefits through the ecotourism industry. Visitors may take swamp tours, in which alligators are a feature. Their most important economic benefit to humans may be the control of [[nutria]]s and [[muskrat]]s.<ref name=Keddy2009>Keddy PA, Gough L, Nyman JA, McFalls T, Carter J, Siegnist J (2009). "Alligator hunters, pelt traders, and runaway consumption of Gulf coast marshes: a trophic cascade perspective on coastal wetland losses". pp. 115–133. '''''In'':''' Silliman BR, Grosholz ED, Bertness MD (editors) (2009). ''Human Impacts on Salt Marshes: A Global Perspective''. Berkeley, California: University of California Press.</ref>

[[Alligator meat]] is also consumed by humans.<ref>{{cite book|author=International Food Information Service|title=IFIS Dictionary of Food Science and Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akYLOTMdCSEC&pg=PA15|year=2009|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-4051-8740-4|page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Martin, Roy E.|author2=Carter, Emily Paine|author3=Flick, George J. Jr.|author4=Davis, Lynn M.|title=Marine and Freshwater Products Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OFKLk3S0fzgC&pg=PA277|year=2000|publisher=Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press|isbn=978-1-56676-889-4|page=277}}</ref>