How would it affect the food chain if snow leopards went extinct?

Answer 1

There would be many consequences. First, it would damage ecosystems that revolve around the leopard. Small prey animals would overpopulate and eat all of the starting food (such as grass). Next, there would have to be another major predator eating the food that the leopards would normally eat, so this would cause an increase in the population of lions, and/or other big predators that hunt the same prey as leopards. This is very likely to result in extinction of many other animals. I would recommend doing some research on how ecosystems work. Overall this would cause massive damage to the ecosystem, and the extinction of leopards would damage many other species. All of this depends on HOW the leopards went extinct. The damage would be much, much greater if they went extinct over night.

Answer 2

By consuming marmot, wild sheep and goats the snow leopard keeps the ecosystem in balance. If these populations were to get to big they would over eat the vegetation which would degrade the surrounding environment for all that live in it; therefore the snow leopard positively impacts the ecosystem by keeping other animal populations in check.

Answer 3

If the Snow Leopard went extinct the animals that it ate would become overpopulated. When these ex-prey animals overpopulate they could spread disease.

Answer 4

The snow leopard species will no longer excist and could effect the food chain for some animals.

Answer 5

one of the most important food chain will be broken.

Answer 6

Probably there very endangered so if some people keep killing them then yes

otherwise no people should just leave them alone

Answer 7

snow leopards main prey the bharal would overpopulate, eating more grass, causing erosion, trees fall, humans run out of oxygen