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canids and wild felines in grave danger

Canidi e felidi selvatici in grave pericolo A lanciare l’allarme un rapporto congiunto di alcune delle principali associazioni ambientaliste mondiali. 15 specie ombrello a rischio, la cui tutela andrebbe a beneficio dell'ecosistema. Un appello al Senato USA perche' rinnovi la sua politica di tutela di alcune specie a livello internazionale (30/07/10) Si intitola “ The Fading Call of the Wild ” il report appena pubblicato da Panthera, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Wildlife Conservation Society, in cooperazione con International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - Dogs and Cats Specialist Group, and testifies to the growing risks they are subject to wild populations of big cats and canines more 'rare on the planet. Victims of a severe loss of habitat and prey due to the expansion of our human over-exploitation of natural resources, killed by hunters and poachers, the big cats as lions, cheetahs, snow leopards and canids such as Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis

) and Speoto (

Speothos venaticus

) face an uncertain future at all.

80% species of big cats and 25% of those canids have a declining population . The report does not stop with these dramatic figures, but it explores the conservation status of 15 species that are considered ecologically viable, detailing their current status, the changes in populations over the past 10 years, the solutions to improve the lroo condition. The species were chosen as "umbrella species" whose protection would have positive repercussions for other species and ecosystems. A century ago, it is estimated there were about 200,000 Lions (Panthera leo

) in Africa are now less than 30,000 and are extinct in 26 countries where they previously lived. The threat principale per loro è costituita dalla caccia – con ogni mezzo - mirata a proteggere il bestiame. Ci sono meno di 500 Volpi di Darwin ( Lycalopex fulvipes - nella foto in alto a destra ), concentrate in una unica regione del Cile e quindi intrinsecamente fragili. La loro assenza di paura verso l’uomo è il loro peggiore nemico, assieme al crescente sfruttamento delle aree boscate e l’espansione delle terre agricole che le privano del loro habitat. I Leopardi delle nevi

(

Panthera uncia

) non sono piu’ di 7.000 vittime di un crescente bracconaggio per la pelliccia e le ossa, ritenute "Treatment" from the usual traditional Chinese medicine. Less than 500

Ethiopian Wolves (Canis simensis

) survive, half 'of them in the Bale Mountains. Whole flocks have been swept away by anger: the other face an increasing reduction of habitat.

One of the animals' unique in terms of ecological and genetic information, Lycaon (Lycaon pictus

) stands in less than 7% of its original habitat in 22 countries and is extinguished before it hosted. Poaching and disease have decimated populations throughout Africa, leaving only 8,000 survivors.

The report calls for more resources for conservation and radical policy changes, and in particular the approval by the United States Great Cats and Rare Conservation Act canids that may assist in the conservation of 15 species covered in the report . Introduced in 2004 and expires if not renewed by the U.S. Senate ', this rule ensures cats and wild canids the same kind of assistance that is guaranteed to

other species such as tigers, turtles, elephants and great apes through The Multinational Species Conservation Fund, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

( Source: International Fund for Animal Welfare )