Golden+Snub-Nosed+Monkey+Cole+B

My animal is the Golden Snub Nosed Monkey and it lives in the mountainous regions of both central and southern China. These animals are herbivores and eat many types of foliage and berries it also eats lichens. These monkeys usually have their babies in the months of March through June and once the babies arrive the mothers usually stay close to their young up until about 3 years old.



The threat for my animal is that ever since long ago the Golden Snub Nosed Monkey has been hunted for its beautiful fur and now even more recently the decline in forests are causing the animals a tougher time at finding food. It is now having to share the same habitat as the Giant Panda Bear. The IUCN status for this creature would be red. This means that the snub nosed monkey is in danger and is close to extinction. China is currently making procedures to insure the survival of this monkey's race.



We could get a petition signed asking china to help make laws preventing deforestation to protect these rare animals. We could also show how if forests continue to be cut down that more than just one species will die out. Also that the lack of forests mean the lack of the one animal that everyone thinks of when they speak of China... the Giant Panda Bear. China not having this global icon could cause a lack in tourism and symbolism for all of China. We could also try to reason with them and say that if the panda dies out, their national animal, then that would show just how much they truly cared about their wildlife.

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