@article{33f71651ec8842248d54d00954c0ff69,
title = "Snow leopard poaching and trade in China 2000-2013",
abstract = "The snow leopard is a flagship species of the alpine ecosystem in the Central Asia, with China comprising nearly 60% of the habitat and population. It was listed as endangered by IUCN and included in Appendix I of CITES in the 1970s. Poaching for its fur and bones is a significant and increasing threat to snow leopards globally. However, little detailed information is available on snow leopard poaching in China. Here, we collected all reported cases of snow leopard poaching and trade in China 2000-2013. We found that snow leopard parts were mainly traded in the major cities within their range provinces, but also began to emerge in a few coastal cities after 2010. Household interviews in the Sanjiangyuan Region in Qinghai Province showed that in this sub region alone, 11 snow leopards were killed annually, accounting for about 1.2% of the estimated snow leopard population there.",
keywords = "Bone, Panthera uncia, Pelt, Retaliatory killing, Sanjiangyuan",
author = "Juan Li and Zhi Lu",
note = "Funding Information: Our research was funded by the Snow Leopard Trust, Panthera and Shanshui Conservation Center. J.L. was supported in part by the Snow Leopard Trust, Peking University and Postdoctoral Fellowship of Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences. We thank H. Yin, Jiagongzhala, H.Y. Ma, Y. Wang, X. Li, J.H. Liu from Shanshui Conservation Center, Y.L. Liu, L.Y. Xiao, L. Wu, H.L. Bu, Z.Y. Zhu, Y.N. Hu from Peking University, Dawajiangcai, Zhaduo, Zhaxisange and others from Sanjiangyuan Region for their assistance with household interviews and all the logistic supports. We are grateful for the Forestry Department and Forestry Police Bureau at all levels in Qinghai Province, and especially extend our special appreciation to S.D. Li, L. Zhang, and Y. Zhang of the Qinghai Forestry Department, and R.F. Li, Basanglamao, Renzeng and others from Qinghai Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve. We are grateful to G. Schaller, C. Mishra and B. Weckworth for their valuable suggestions to this manuscript. ",
year = "2014",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.biocon.2014.05.025",
language = "English",
volume = "176",
pages = "207--211",
journal = "Biological Conservation",
issn = "0006-3207",
}