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DSC_3871.Snow Leopard - Chan

Snow Leopard, Highland wildlife Park,Kincraig,Scotland, As a result of declining prey populations due to hunting, snow leopards populations have also declined. ...
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Snow Leopard, Highland wildlife Park,Kincraig,Scotland, As a result of declining prey populations due to hunting, snow leopards populations have also declined. Due to this lack of food, Snow leopards will often kill domestic livestock which angers the local farmers who will then kill them in retribution in order to protect their livestock. A further threat to this species also comes from the increasing demand for bones for traditional Asian medicine.

Today snow leopards are protected throughout much of their range and international trade is banned by their listing on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
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