The fauna of our country is very rich and diverse. Unfortunately, people in pursuit of money lose their heads and exterminate rare individuals of the fauna world. Endangered species of animals are listed in the Red Book. This book did not pass by the animal world of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
Paradise
Krasnoyarsk Territory is very cunningly located. He got a little from each climate, so the nature there is interesting and unique. Central Siberian Plateau, low valleys, Yenisei River; the region is washed by the Laptev Sea and the Kara Sea. Krasnoyarsk Territory is rich in minerals, wood, rare vegetation. There is no lack of water, rather, an overabundance. Several large rivers, more than 300 lakes, many of them medicinal. There is everything for life, and the resources are almost inexhaustible!
Danger and threat
Animals of the Red Book of the Krasnoyarsk Territory is a special, important issue. According to official figures, 25 species of mammals and 89 species of birds, as well as 18 species of insects, are under threat of extinction. This is the information of 2012, there is no possibility to update the data yet. Due to the lack of scientists and staff, sometimes species are counted only from the words of hunters. The compilers of the Book have to believe the word of experienced locals, because the territory of the region is so vast that it is simply impossible to get around every corner!
The fact that rare animals of the Krasnoyarsk Territory disappear is due to the negative and destructive influence of man on nature, this is mainly poaching. Greed or lack of money pushes people to such crimes. Deer, sturgeon, roe deer, capricorn, snow leopards, ermines - all of them are subject to extinction from the face of the earth. How to keep their population? Just strengthening the conservation of reserves is not enough. It’s also impossible to put into the heart of everyone the kindness and concern for the fauna world. Red Book - Like a Red Traffic Light! She asks to stop and stop the killing of animals.
Irbis - snow leopard
This graceful animal - the snow leopard - was threatened. According to zoologists, these animals of the Red Book of the Krasnoyarsk Territory live in the amount of 65 individuals. Just a meager amount of majestic, graceful animals is amazing. This is due to the shooting of their poachers and the gradual disappearance of the Siberian goats - their main food.
Red Wolf
Mountain dogs, or red wolves, are very rare animals. They practically disappeared; only according to hunter-old-believers it is known that they still exist. Such a handsome wolf externally differs from the usual in its bright color. The tail is slightly longer than that of the gray fellow, the hair is fluffy, thick. Such handsome men become an object of hunting for looters and poachers. Red wolves are dangerous predators, they eat any living creature, from a lizard to a deer.
Red wolves are endangered animals of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Scientists admit the fact that their disappearance from the planet is associated with the vagaries of nature, or the gray wolves are to blame. The cruel treatment of man with nature also affects the extinction of the population of these animals.
Capricorn, or Siberian goat
This proud handsome man is very rarely found on the slopes of the mountains in the southern side of the region. Like the red wolves, they almost disappeared from the face of the earth. Capricorns avoid flat pastures - the mountain slopes are more familiar and safe for them. Predators exterminated large herds of Siberian goats. Outwardly, they resemble a domestic goat, but they weigh a little more, have brown thick hair and long straight horns. They are harmless, feed on lichens, herbs, moss. Their sense of smell and hearing are very developed. Hunting them is not so easy. Capricorns are agile and nimble, especially if they are in a well-studied area. For predators, capricorns are a delicious treat. Therefore, they can spend several weeks just to hunt down a herd of Siberian goats!
Roe deer
A cute animal with beautiful sad eyes. Their sadness is understandable, because these animals of the Red Book of the Krasnoyarsk Territory can be counted on the fingers. Several years ago, statistics reported that 400 individuals live in the region. But every year their number decreases.
Due to human development and economic activities, their habitat has narrowed. This greatly influenced their population. Of course, poachers also do not sleep.
Roe deer is a small deer, but most of all it resembles a goat. These are graceful, graceful animals with a muzzle of a dull shape and a short tail. In winter, poor people almost starve, chew branches, dig dry grass and acorns from under the snow. But in the summer they have a real feast: mushrooms, berries, juicy grass. In the warm season, they live in small groups - families, but in winter 30–35 goals are flocked to herds. The reasons for the reduction of this species are the same as in other animals - poaching and space reduction.
Maral
The animals of the Krasnoyarsk Territory listed in the Red Book are very diverse. Among them is maral. This is a family of red deer. They are a fairly large subspecies. Males have beautiful branched horns. The mass of an adult reaches 300 kg.
They live in herds, where the main one is the old female, the rest are her offspring. Winter is not the best time of the year for these animals. In addition to hunger, it is also very difficult for them to move around in the snow. Therefore, they are constantly moving in search of little snow. In the summer they eat mushrooms, berries, herbs, bark of trees, young shoots of needles. Adults often gnaw on the soil, supplying the necessary minerals to their bodies. Red deer have not lived in the wild for more than 14 years, but all 30 can live in captivity.
Velvet branching horns of deer and their blood are of great value in medicine. Therefore, the hunt for them does not stop either in winter or in summer.
If people do not stop enriching themselves at the expense of these artiodactyls, then such animals of the Red Book of the Krasnoyarsk Territory will disappear forever.
Many more species of animals are at risk of extinction. How to protect them from this terrible end, until no one came up with. Thousands of fines and even colonies are not afraid of poachers. Everyone should learn to protect what Mother Nature gives us. Then the resources and animals on Earth will not be completely destroyed!
All animals of the Krasnoyarsk Territory listed in the Red Book are interesting in their own way and are needed on the planet. It is necessary to prevent their extinction and create all conditions for reproduction.