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Extinction (Top 10 animals in danger of extinction. There are numerous…
Extinction
Top 10 animals in danger of extinction. There are numerous species currently in danger of extinction
Javan rhinoceros. Hunted especially for the properties of its horn used in traditional Chinese medicine and as decoration
Snow leopard
Humans are a second reason that snow leopards are endangered. Humans have pushed ever further with their livestock into the snow leopard's habitat. Overgrazing damages the fragile mountain grasslands, leaving less food for the wild sheep and goats that are the snow leopard's main prey.
The first reason is that the bones, skin and organs of large cats are valuable in traditional Asian medicine.
When you consider that the people who live near snow leopards often earn less than 300 dollars per year and that a poacher can get perhaps $200 for a dead snow leopard (though a middleman can resell it for up to $10,000)
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What is extinction?
Extinction is the process in which groups of organisms die out. If over an extended period of time the birth rate of a species is less than the death rate, then extinction will eventually occur.
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