*S.S.L.* Save the Snow Leopards! (Need members!)

[*Eira*]

Do not let out paw prints fade away!

POPULATION:
Researchers estimate that there are between 3,500 and 7,000 snow leopards left in the wild. No one has an exact count because snow leopards are so elusive and inhabit such harsh and remote habitat that they are rarely seen. There are about 600 of these cats in zoos around the world.

BEHAVIOR:
Snow leopards are usually solitary, except when females are raising cubs. Mating occurs in late winter and 1 to 5 (usually 2 or 3) cubs are born 90-100 days later. The cubs remain with their mother until they become independent— normally after about 18-22 months.
These cats are most active at dawn and dusk. They may stay in an area for several days and then abruptly move many miles.

THREATS:
~Poaching – illegal hunting for the fur trade, and trade in bones for traditional Asian medicine
~Loss of prey – a decline in numbers of wild prey due to hunting and competition with livestock for grazing
~Problem animals (depredators) – snow leopards kill livestock and are killed by herders in retribution
~Loss of habitat – more people and livestock move into snow leopard range fragmenting habitat, so snow leopards become isolated and vulnerable
~Lack of effective protection – most protected areas are too small to protect the home range of even a single snow leopard, and many countries cannot afford to pay rangers living wages
~Lack of awareness and support – herders living with snow leopards sometimes do not understand why they are important elements of the ecosystem and why they need to be protected

Learn about Snow Leopards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_leopard
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/snow-leopard/?source=A-to-Z
http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/snow_leopard.php
http://www.wcs.org/saving-wildlife/big-cats/snow-leopard.aspx
http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=4725

Help and donate:
https://wwfstore.donorportal.ca/p-67-snow-leopard.aspx
http://www.snowleopard.org/

Rules:
~Please be polite and nice to others. No spamming, cursing, or anything else rude, or I will report you.
~Please stay on topic
~If you do not like Snow Leopards please do not post here, this is for people that like them
~All art, banners and stamps are encouraged and I would love to but some up here for everyone to use
~I am able to ban you from here if I have to
~If you know any other good sites please post them or PM me
~If I am forgetting anything please pm me!


Take action and join our group:

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I [Your username] will dedicate myself to helping save the snow leopards.  I swear that I will help tell others about these beautiful animals and I will help them in any way I can.


Our wonderful supporters:

-~siska(Creator and Admin)
-Demotive_bear
-Nushkly
-wolves+horses(Mod)
-Kula
-Frost Bite
-Snow7ty
-Sunfang
-clowdy_angel
-Tinebrook(Mod)
-lestgobananas
-SilverTabbyCat
-Foxsplash
-snickerslabrador
-Save Amur Leopards
- ~Ɩиƨαиιтʏ~


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[Nyxeva]

I, Demotivated_bear, will dedicate myself to helping save the snow leopards. I swear that I will help tell others about these beautiful animals and I will help them in any way I can.

[Nushkly]

I , Nushkly, will dedicate myself to helping save the snow leopards. I swear that I will help tell others about these beautiful animals and I will help them in any way I can.

[Novallic]

I Tinebrook, will dedicate myself to helping save the snow leopards. I swear that I will help tell others about these beautiful animals and I will help them in any way I can.

Lol, i have one just like it exept for ALL sepices and sub-species of leopards! yah buddy!

[*Eira*]

I Tinebrook, will dedicate myself to helping save the snow leopards. I swear that I will help tell others about these beautiful animals and I will help them in any way I can.

Lol, i have one just like it exept for ALL sepices and sub-species of leopards! yah buddy!

Nice I will join yours in a minute!

Does anyone want to design a banner (or some) for this group?

[Novallic]

I will! and, let me get the form for joining up reallll quick...

[*Eira*]

I will! and, let me get the form for joining up reallll quick...

Thats great!!

Oh, and all others that wanted to join are accepted! Thank you all for supporting the Snow Leopards! <3

[Nushkly]

Thank you! I have always loved Snow Leopars, they are such beautiful animals.

I'll work on some banners (:

[*Eira*]

Thank you! I have always loved Snow Leopars, they are such beautiful animals.

I'll work on some banners (:

Awesome! Thank you for joining and making some banners for this group, because I do not know how to make them.

[Nushkly]

Oh, it's easy to do some! You can go to webpages such as My Banner Maker, you just follow the steps, and that's it! Or just add the link of this forum to the picture you want to make a banner. Hope it helps, though it might not. (: