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snow leopards are becoming endangerd by the need for food sources from their habitat
so that they can live
The snow leopard is endangered by poaching and by losing of habitat.
Snow leopards were added to the endangered species list in 1972. There are multiple organizations working to conserve the snow leopards natural habitat.
Yes, they are endangered. (going extinct). There are up to 6,000 snow leopards left in the wild, that's not a lot. They are dying out from hunting and habitat loss.
Snow leopards need to be preserved for the role they play in the food chain. Without them, the biodiversity of their natural habitat would suffer.
Snow leopards are endangered because their bones, skin and organs are valuable and used in traditional Asian medicine. Humans are also the reason they are endangered. The humans have moved into the snow leopards habitat with their livestock.
While this day and age the Pathera Uncia or snow leopard if you will can be found in many counties, thanks to the zoological society, their natural habitat would be the mountain ranges of Central Asia.
Snow leopards have keen hearing.
snow leopards do not migrate or hibernate
When the farmers bring their livestock farther into the snow leopards' territory, the livestock eat all the food that the wild mountain goats, the snow leopards' natural prey, eat. This causes them to die out. With their main food supply cut, the snow leopards have no choice but to prey on the farmers' livestock. Then the farmers get angry and start hunting the snow leopards. Also, some poachers still hunt the snow leopards for their coat, which is worth a lot of money.
Pandas and albatrosses. Penguins and just about any animal that lives in Africa. Snow leopards and wombats.