Risks of Human Intervention
---Due to the increasing amount of mankind all over the world and the act of logging, Sumatran tigers are listed as endangered. Other human
related events that cause for Sumatran tigers to decrease include poaching for tiger parts
---Jaguars are hunted for their fur just for trade and sports. They’re also looked at as predators by herdsmen with cattle, thus resulting to the uneccesary killings of this species. Deforestation ruins the habitat of jaguars as they use trees to hid themselves from prey and pounce around
---African lions are losing their habitat to human population growth and the expansion of agriculture. They’re also endangered as they
conflict with herds of cattle and are a form of sport entertainment in some parts of the world
---Cheetahs are hunted by man for their beautiful furs and for trophies, as well as in retaliation for killing domestic stock. They need a large territory with high numbers of prey species, which are declining due to hunting by people and habitats being developed into towns or farms. Also, roads disrupt the habitats and divide their territories, which leads to a lack of genetic flow. The ever increasing human population is another problematic factor
---Snow leopards are hunted for their pelts; bones, and body parts (used in traditional Asian medicine). They're also threatened by the depletion of their natural prey due to competition with livestock and from humans hunting wild mountain sheep & goats for trophies and food. Snow leopards are persecuted by herdesmen
who retaliate by trapping, poisoning, or shooting them. Snow leopards also suffer from the degradation, loss, and fragmentation of their habitat.
related events that cause for Sumatran tigers to decrease include poaching for tiger parts
---Jaguars are hunted for their fur just for trade and sports. They’re also looked at as predators by herdsmen with cattle, thus resulting to the uneccesary killings of this species. Deforestation ruins the habitat of jaguars as they use trees to hid themselves from prey and pounce around
---African lions are losing their habitat to human population growth and the expansion of agriculture. They’re also endangered as they
conflict with herds of cattle and are a form of sport entertainment in some parts of the world
---Cheetahs are hunted by man for their beautiful furs and for trophies, as well as in retaliation for killing domestic stock. They need a large territory with high numbers of prey species, which are declining due to hunting by people and habitats being developed into towns or farms. Also, roads disrupt the habitats and divide their territories, which leads to a lack of genetic flow. The ever increasing human population is another problematic factor
---Snow leopards are hunted for their pelts; bones, and body parts (used in traditional Asian medicine). They're also threatened by the depletion of their natural prey due to competition with livestock and from humans hunting wild mountain sheep & goats for trophies and food. Snow leopards are persecuted by herdesmen
who retaliate by trapping, poisoning, or shooting them. Snow leopards also suffer from the degradation, loss, and fragmentation of their habitat.
Benefits of Human Intervention
---Organizations like WWF are creating conservation efforts to help stop poaching of Sumatran Tigers and decrease market demand for tiger parts
---Conservation efforts are mostly focused on habitat preservation, captive breeding and reintroduction of these felines to better environments as theirs might be destroyed. Even more, conservationists around the world are tracking all the endangered and threatened cats so they can study and see what they need to survive, as well as know where to find an animal of the opposite gender to reproduce and increase the population of a certain species of felines
---Due to the cheetah’s need of large land with a lots of prey, conservationists are working on creating several conservation parks that are designed for the animal’s needs
---Some conservation efforts helps educate cattle owners on ways to protect their animals from cats like lions and cheetahs so that they won’t have
to go into conflict and kill the feline species, as well as informing them about feline-prone areas to avoid unwanted encouters with the help of GPS collar trackers on the big cats
---To avoid felines like snow leopards from dying from starvation due to the lack of prey, people are being aware on how to preserve the foods of local cats so that the animal won’t go extinct. Some of these methods include control of species killing and avoiding overuse of ressources
---Conservation efforts are mostly focused on habitat preservation, captive breeding and reintroduction of these felines to better environments as theirs might be destroyed. Even more, conservationists around the world are tracking all the endangered and threatened cats so they can study and see what they need to survive, as well as know where to find an animal of the opposite gender to reproduce and increase the population of a certain species of felines
---Due to the cheetah’s need of large land with a lots of prey, conservationists are working on creating several conservation parks that are designed for the animal’s needs
---Some conservation efforts helps educate cattle owners on ways to protect their animals from cats like lions and cheetahs so that they won’t have
to go into conflict and kill the feline species, as well as informing them about feline-prone areas to avoid unwanted encouters with the help of GPS collar trackers on the big cats
---To avoid felines like snow leopards from dying from starvation due to the lack of prey, people are being aware on how to preserve the foods of local cats so that the animal won’t go extinct. Some of these methods include control of species killing and avoiding overuse of ressources