FfFfFfFF 58,128 Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Foresters of Phrumsengla National Park rescued an adult male leopard that was trapped in a snare at Tsamang in Monggar, yesterday evening after villagers informed them. As the animal didn’t sustain any injuries, it was released in the forest. Although they are amazingly tolerant of human activity and persist where other carnivores cannot, leopards have been extirpated from approximately 37% of their African range and populations in North Africa, the Middle East and Russia are now Critically Endangered. Loss of habitat and prey, as well as intense persecution as livestock killers, is the chief threat to this magnificent big cat. They are heavily hunted in southern Asia for their skin and bones supplying the Chinese medicinal trade. In western and central Africa, they are hunted for their skins, teeth and claws. In tropical forests, bushmeat hunting competes directly for prey species and may drive them to extinction even in forests that have not been logged. Source: https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/africa/leopard/, http://www.bbs.bt/news/?http://www.bbs.bt/news/?p=129666 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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