Endangered Snow Leopards are now Victims of Cashmere Trade in Western Markets: "Snow leopards, wild yaks and some of the other rare mammals that once roamed on the lands of Tibet, China and Mongolia are becoming victims of fashion due to the growing cashmere trade in the western markets that threatens the ecosystem.
According to the Wildlife Conversation Society, these charismatic animals are being edged out due to the surge in the global cashmere trade as pastoralists expand the goat herds to double profits for the cashmere trade."
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