Snow leopard

Snow leopards are one of the most beautiful and mystical wild cats.
Natural Habitat of snow leopard: The snow leopards lives in the Himalayas , the mountains of Central Asia and the Mountains of Southwest China as well as Tibetan plateau.
Snow leopards typically inhabit rugged terrain such as steep slopes with bluffs. They lives in high altitude between 3000 -4500 m but has also been known to go above 5500 m in Himalaya in Summer.
Facts about diet- what to eat up here?
The snow leopards prey on whatever ungulates are available from wild pigs and markhor . Their staple prey, without which they could not survive in most areas , consists of blue sheep and ibex. The most important prey for them is deer and hares.

Why snow leopards are endangered?
The snow leopard is listed as endangered by International Union for conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.  The sad fact is that the biggest threat  to snow leopards are humans. Humans hunt them for their own selfish reason. They hunt them for their fur and bones, from fur humans make coats and hats. Humans also destroy  snow leopard habitat  for food sources by killing the prey of animals they need to feed on.  In this way these animal get endangered.

Conservation efforts.
Numerous agencies are working to conserve the snow leopard and its threatened mountain ecosystems. These include the Snow leopard trust , the Snow Leopard Conservancy and Panther  Corporation . These groups and various national governments from the snow leopard s` range are focusing to save snow leopards , it focus on research ,community programs in snow leopards region and education programs are aimed at understanding the cats need , to create awareness amongst village people to not to hunt animals.

Not only the big organization can help you can also help . You can contact to your local organization to get invovled . The simplest and the best thing is to do care for environment.
We each and everyone of us can make changes in the way and become a part of solution.