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The snow leopard’s habitat is literally melting. The high mountains of Asia are facing the effects of climate change in the form of melting glaciers; destabilization of the permafrost; frequent, intense storms; and landslides. The habitat of the snow leopard also continues to shrink due to expanding human settlements, bringing them in contact with humans and livestock, which leads to retaliatory killings. Add to that the pressure of poaching driven by illegal wildlife trade, and the cat on the roof of the world may soon have nowhere to go.
#WorldSnowLeopardDay2020
Credits
Images by
Anish Andheria ( @anishandheria )
Dhritiman Mukherjee ( @dhritiman_mukherjee )
Ksuryawanshi/ CC BY-SA 4.0
Written by
Rizwan Mithawala ( @rizwanmithawala )
Edited by
Ninad Bhosale ( @_ninadbhosale_ )
Produced by
Wildlife Conservation Trust
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