One of the biggest threats to these animals comes from man. Due to shrinking habitats, the animals often wander off to find food and end up becoming predators to livestock owned by people around the forests. Firstly, authorities should prohibit anyone from living in the national park. National parks should be limited to nature and not be transformed into residential areas. This will ensure adequate space for the animals to live in. As these animals wander off, the humans’ first instincts are usually to kill the wild cats. Humans should be removed from the area and provided other living space.
Animals require natural habitats to live in whereas humans create and customise their habitats; humans living in the area can adapt to other living spaces whereas these wild cats would have trouble in doing so. Hopefully, this research will provide concrete information about the cats’ movements so that park planning can be done accordingly in the best interest of protecting the lives of these animals, as well as allowing the humans there to live without fear. The discoveries made from this study could provide important insight on how to preserve the world’s leopard population and should be supported.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 7th, 2013.
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