Endangerment For Snow Leopards

Many animals around the world are severely affected by climate change. Climate change is the rise in average temperatures on Earth’s surface. When humans interact with fossil fuels, which are coal, natural gases, and oil, they release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air. These gases trap heat in the atmosphere and can have a great effect on climate change. These changes include rising sea levels, landscapes being more prone to wildfires, and the pollen season length getting longer. Although these may be important, I think that the most important cause of climate change is how severely animals are affected by this. Animals like polar bears, snow leopards, and the Orang-utan struggle to survive everyday in result of climate

An example may include polar bears, which live as far away as antarctica, they are being harmed through changes in their environment that they can't control, they need to change ways of interaction, and even hunting strategies and hunting difficulty. They are being harmed physically because hotter temperatures means that the ice will melt, this causes them to change their hunting strategy from fishing off the surface of the ice, to now swimming and possibly freezing to death. Melting ice also may destroy/melt their home away, which are usually holes or caves inside the ice, which means the melting ice will destroy their homes possibly while their in them causing suffocation. They may also be harmed emotionally through changes in lifestyle, if their is no ice and just a bunch of water, they need to adapt, and adapt fast. This change may also invite their close neighbors, the Grizzly Bears, to come and steal their food supply, and also crossbreed, which if becomes popular enough could cause the polar bear population endangered because grizzly bears have dominant traits. Given that grizzly bears are superior bears, they will win fights causing the polar bears to become more conserved as a whole. (hassol, S.J., R. corell, et al. impacts of a warming arctic arctic

Shifts in temperature and precipitation will be a shock to fragile ecosystems which depend on specific climatic conditions. Many species will be unable to adapt as fast as their environment changes and face sharply reduced numbers or extinction. Scientists estimate that a warming of just 2 degree will put as many as 30% of the world's species at risk of extinction. Plants and animals aren’t the only ones feeling the pressure of changing ecosystems. Many regions will face severe water shortages in a warmer world, creating the potential for conflict. It is believed that the genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region is at least in part a response to water shortages resulting from global warming.

The Western Lowland Gorillas are critically endangered animals that require our protection and support. The Western Lowland Gorillas’ greatest threat is poaching the gorillas for food and the destruction of their natural habitat. Wildlife preserves are constructed, but the poaching continues due to unstable governments and high price of the gorillas’ meat. The governments in African countries must be stabilized to prevent poaching and destruction of the Western Lowland Gorillas habitat or these animals will become extinct.

The latest survey conducted by the US Forest Service shows that as many as 97% of the animals of the Arctic could be affected as a result of the observed warming. The climate change may occur faster in the Arctic region. Scientists have developed computer models to predict changes in the environment and their impact on the 162 species of birds and 39 species of mammals in the Arctic.

These were no ordinary snow leopards, though, they were a legend come to life. The snow leopards have the intelligence and intellectual of humans and were made in hopes of one day being able to communicate with humans. The snow leopards and their King, Tharaman-Thar, made an alliance with Thirrin and provided a small army of 1,000 leopards, seeing as they were fighting their own war. Even this small army was a big help though, because the giant leopards had razor sharp claws and teeth. The snow leopards traveled back with Thirrin to the Hypolitan people where all were preparing for the coming

They are being killed even though their population is decreasing and it is illegal. The black market is a major factor in the decrease of the snow leopard population. Most of the snow leopards that are being poached get their pelts sold on the black market. In fact, “snow leopard pelts command high prices in the black market fur trade.” (Marisa 12).

Our ever-growing hunting of predators in the natural world has exceedingly taken a toll on our ecosystem. As we are destroying the population of predators, the very problematic organisms that the predators prey on are having a population boom. The population boom of these less threatened prey have now resulted in seriously threatening changes to the ecosystem. For example, Amur Leopards have a beautifully patterned fur that can sell between $500-$1000 per pelt. With these sales, hunters are constantly hunting these gorgeous big cats, and their population has dwindled down to just a little more than 60 individuals living now. These cats, are crucial to the ecology of Asia, along with its economy and culture. They perform mutualism with other

What happens when predators decline or, worse, disappear? In short, wherever we looked, we saw major environmental problems.

Global warming also has an impact on the African penguins such as the adults have to travel further and expend more energy in order to find adequate food for themselves and their chicks which means more die from starvation.

Amur leopards are found in the Southwest Primorye of Eastern Russia, as well as along the Russian border with the Jilin Province in North-east China and the Heilongjang Province. It is also believed that some leopards may exist and live in the northern area of Korea, although it hasn’t yet been proven.

"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words” (Anna Sewell). There is undeniable evidence that animals are being affected by climate change. Even though the effects are difficult to measure, there are many different ways animals are being affected. With the loss of predator and prey species it affects the life cycles in the food chain. The earth’s climate change causes habitats such as snow, ice, or forest areas to alter, resulting in loss of habitat and food accessibility as well as causing extinction.

Human Impact is one of the causes the clouded leopard is going extinct. The black market sells the clouded leopards skulls and pelts for 5,700 dollars to vietnam each year. Smuggling is a big part of human impact because illegal markets smuggle 3,00 each year . Also the clouded leopard is getting killed by farmers because it eats the farmers livestock which is a decrease to the farmers livestock so they kill the leopard. Therefore Human Impact is a big problem .

Snow leopards usually live in steep cliff areas, rocky outcrops and ravines. They use these places as better camouflage and help them stay out of sight. These places also provide a place to raise their cubs. As for me, I like to avoid certain people, and just avoid everyone sometimes. People just annoy the living daylights out of me. They constantly have to complain about something, or try and be mean. The people I’m around always want to find a way to make fun of eachother, so staying away from them like that would be as blessing.

The Snow Leopard is a beautiful and majestic creature endangered animal. There are anywhere between 4,510 and 7,350 left in the wild. Snow Leopards are a very timid creature, if you would try to find one in the wild the easiest way to find one is to find their den. The snow leopard occupies an extremely patchy and fragmented realm of long narrow mountain systems and islands scattered throughout a vast region surrounding the Central Asian deserts and plateaus. Though this region is quite large, 2.3 million km 2, only about 1.6 million of that is occupied by the snow leopard.