Sand Cat Endangered Facts

Roads cutting through habitat.

Sand cat endangered facts. Some are killed by humans who consider them a threat to their livestock. A cat-sized exercise wheel. Interesting Sand Cat Facts.

Sand Cats are the most difficult to study cat breeds in the wild. Sand Cats will also cover large kills with sand and return later to feed. Humans feral domestic dogs lions jackals wild dogs venomous snakes and birds of prey hunt the sand cat.

But this species is threatened by hunting and collection for the pet trade. Feral cats and dogs competing for prey. How are sand cats being protected.

The sand cats small mammal prey base depends on having adequate vegetation and may experience large fluctuations due to drought Sunquist and Sunquist 2002 or declines due to desertification and loss of natural vegetationOther localized threats include the introduction of feral and domestic dogs and cats creating direct competition and through predation and. This impacts the sand cat because it negatively impacts the sand cats prey. Vulnerable arid ecosystems are being rapidly degraded by human settlement and activity especially livestock grazing Allan and Warren 1993 Al-Sharhan et al.

The species went extinct in Israel due to habitat destruction following the territorial exchange between Israel and Jordan in 1994 but a litter of four sand cat kittens was recently born at the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv. This endangered breed is found in the Sahara desert of North Africa Middle Eastern countries and even in Central Asia. Extinct in Wild EW Critically Endangered CR Endangered EN Vulnerable VU Near Threatened NT Least Concern LC Not Evaluated NE Care and Wellness.

Sand cats leave almost no footprint as they walk across the sand. Populations of sand cats in different locations will breed at different times of year. Desert ecosystems are being degraded by people.