Its usual preys are wild sheeps and goats, but as the preys are scarce in the Asian mountains, it also eats deers, young yaks, wild donkeys and wild cattle.
Today, it is estimated that the snow leopard population is of 4080-6590 specimens.
The snow leopard is considered and endangered species by WWF.
In the past, it was heavily hunted for its fur but today it is threatened mainly because of the disappearance of its habitat, as it's being "conquered" by the herders with their flocks. They are often killed by the drovers because, as the food is scarce, it happens that they attack the flocks.
Furthermore, they are also killed because their bones are used in the Traditional Chinese Medicine instead of the tigers' ones.
WWF and other organizations, like International Snow Leopard Trust (ISLT) and Traffic (the international network which deals with the monitoring of wild fauna and flora) are launching an appeal to the countries where the snow leopard is present to get and immediate improvement in the controls and in the management efforts of the species to end the threat that hangs over it.
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...help these organizations and publicize this situation with as many people as possible, creating an increasing media pressure.
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