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BOBCATS:

My animal is the bobcat. Bobcats live in desert and are commonly found in the Sahara Desert. Bobcats range from southern Canada to central Mexico. These animals eat smaller rodents such as bird, rabbits, and sometimes deer and have no consumers. Mating season is mostly during the spring, but reproduction occurs all year long. Female bobcats are pregnant for 50-70 days before giving live birth to 1-6 baby bobcats. Female bobcats will stay with their young for as long as a year, the babies starting to learn how to hunt and care for themselves 3-4 weeks after birth.

Bobcats have an IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature & Natural Resources) of least concern. There are still about 725,000 wild bobcats however, that still classifies them as endangered. Bobcats are endangered because of poaching. Groups of people are killing these animals for their soft, spotted fur and because they are often threats to farmers because they are known to eat sheep. To prevent the extinction of bobcats, defenders have partnered with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and are tracking and collaring wild bobcats to observe which habitat is most crucial for their living.

There are many ways that ordinary people can help to prevent the extinction of bobcats. You can raise money and donate it to the National Bobcat Rescue and Research to  help them collect information on bobcats and find ways to help save them. You can make donations from $10-$750. You can also sponsor a bobcat by giving donations to help feed and care for that certain bobcat. My personal goal to help this organization is to raise $50 and donate it to the NBRR for research. media type="custom" key="23066276" Credits http://www.defenders.org http://en.wikipedia.org/bobcat http://animals.nationalgeographic.com http://www.desertmuesuem.com http://true-wildlife.blogspot.com/2010/11/bobcat.html http://www.arrowpestcontrolpro.com/residential-services/animals/bobcats/