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Friday, August 17, 2007

ALERT: Snow Leopard Poaching Passes Terrible Milestone

From: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

The snow leopard is on a collision course with extinction. Please help us save these amazing great cats.

Earlier this month, China’s Xinhua news agency reported the largest single seizure of illegally poached endangered snow leopards since authorities began keeping records in 1949. Unfortunately, this is just the latest hurdle in the race to save one of the world’s rarest and most beautiful great cats from extinction.

Poaching, global warming and habitat and prey loss are pushing these great cats closer to extinction every day. In fact, only an estimated 3,500 to 7,000 snow leopards now remain in the wild.

Help us convince Congress to save snow leopards. Please donate now and help us run ads to pass the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act -- legislation that supports on-the-ground conservation efforts to save snow leopards and other amazing animals.



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