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Endangered Species Act. ... To help protect threatened species, then-president, Richard
Nixon, signed into law the Endangered Species Act in 1973. ...
Endangered Species. ... In 1973 the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was passed. Its purpose
is to protect species and the ecosystems which they depend on. ...
Endangered Species. ... In 2002, nineteen animals and six plants were on the list of
endangered species in New York State (Kurpis “In Your State”). ...
Endangered species Act. ... People are getting laid off there jobs and millions of our
tax dollars are being spent on the Endangered Species Act (ESA)all the time. ...
Protection Of Endangered Species. ... For this reason endangered species deserve
more protection than the current regulations provide. ...
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Snow Leopards
Common Name: Snow Leopard
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrata)
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Pantherinae Uncia
Species: uncia
Misc.: This species, like the clouded leopard, is one of those that is somewhere between the small cats and the great cats in that it can’t purr like the small cats and it can’t roar like the true great cats. It makes a happy sound similar to the tiger's chuffing.
Its greatest threats are the hunting of its main prey species in the mountains, and the poisoning of other of its prey species, leaving the snow leopard with out a means of sustaining itself. There is also a demand now for snow leopard bones in traditional Chinese medicine as a substitute for tiger bones. Unfortunately, there is still a demand for fur coats from snow leopard skins in some countries, but luckily that has greatly diminished. At one time here in the US, a coat from a snow leopard sold for up to $50,000.00.
Sub-Species: A single species - There has been some attempt to recognize different sub-species of snow leopard, but at this time all attempts have been rejected.
Size and Appearance: The snow leopard is unique among the felids for the smokey-gray coloring of its coat patterned with dark gray rosettes and spots, and because of that it became nearly extinct. It’s unique color makes an ideal camouflage in its mountain environment of bare rocks and snow. Further adaptations for high altitude life include an enlarged nasal cavity, shortened limbs, well developed chest muscles, long hair with a dense, wooly undercoat, and a tail over 3 feet long. They use their tails like a coat in the winter, wrapping it around themselves when lying or sitting for added warmth. Snow leopards molt twice a year with the summer coat being not quite as dense as the winter one. Males...
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