Humans want the snow leopards fur coat because of its beauty and warmth. A snow leopard coat can be sold on the black market for up to sixty thousand dollars. Another reason why the snow leopard is targeted is because its bones are used in Chinese medicine. A snow leopards skeleton can be sold for up to two hundred and forty dollars. Having a snow leopard skin makes you seem powerful considering how expensive it is. The real question is what is so great about killing an animal for your own enjoyment.
If you look up above at the chart you will see that the population of snow leopards have gone up. The population has gone up incredibly because of all of the foundation dedicated to snow leopards. These foundations have helped the population go up by protecting the population and their habitat. We can keep these numbers up and save the population if we just stop killing them. We don't need their fur or their skeleton. We don't have to kill them for our own use because we don't really even have a use for them. We all have the power to save their population. An example of a way to help save the population from extinction is to donate is small amount of money to a foundation. Such as Defenders of wild life or the snow leopard trust.