Image Source: Sebastian Kennerknecht/PantheraCats/Twitter.
This year, the blog keeps returning to the Himalayas, and there must be something to that: see my earlier posts on the Himalayas here, here, and a 2015 post, here.
Today's post concerns the BBC report from 14 September 2017 that the snow leopard (Panthera uncia), the great cat of the Himalayas, has been removed from the endangered list, and is now classified as vulnerable. Scientists argue that the reclassification could place these cats at greater risk, but it is still good news that their population has improved.
Today's @IUCNRedList also categorizes ash tree, antelope species as Critically Endangered. @guardian story w/ more: https://t.co/9PjtrxgxMM— PantheraCats (@PantheraCats) September 14, 2017
As the snow leopard departs the endangered list, more than 150 species have been added to it. The ash trees of North America, a population of 9 billion trees, have been classified on the brink of extinction, due to an invasive Asian insect, the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). In the past few years, all the beautiful ash trees around my home in eastern Canada have died or started dying.
The Christmas Island Pipistrelle vesper bat of Australia (Pipistrellus murrayi) was declared extinct in September 2017. I have previously written on extinctions as less-recognized moments in history and as turning points in time. I have also discussed efforts to use genetic manipulation and cloning to bring back extinct species, as scientists work against the course of time and evolution; this is most noticeable when they plan to revive prehistoric species.
Scientists argue why delisting snow leopard from endangered category is not good for the species. https://t.co/a62ynWPHzu— Pragati Shahi (@greeningplanet) September 14, 2017
Why we oppose @IUCN's decision to downlist the #snowleopard on the @IUCNRedList from Endangered to Vulnerable: https://t.co/lQJMFMRLuY pic.twitter.com/YWrSeyT98b— Snow Leopard Trust (@snowleopards) September 14, 2017
Image Source: BBC.
Snow Leopards no longer consideted Endangered, but scientists urge extreme caution. https://t.co/Ui4E0wd4vq pic.twitter.com/tKSC3Jq8oG— Snow Leopard Consrvy (@SnowLeopardCons) September 15, 2017
Q: Is @IUCNRedList status change of the #snowleopard based on an improvement of the situation? A: Unfortunately not: https://t.co/eBrEZ0BoNI pic.twitter.com/wVK4jnt65W— Snow Leopard Trust (@snowleopards) September 14, 2017
Image Source: BBC.
Image Source: Scott Olson/Getty Images/NPR.
Snow Leopard: First Intimate Images In The Wild - Planet Earth - BBC Earth (12 March 2017). Video Source: Youtube.
See all my posts on Extinction.
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