Southern Cali Mountain Lions facing Extinction

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Anothe rbig cat species faces imminent extinction if serious action is not immediately taken. Southern California's mountain lion population is rapidly declining due to fragmentation and habitat loss and if drastic actions are not taken, they will be extinct within 11 to 15 years. It's another sad example of how humans are destroying the big cat population and frankly, it won't be the last.

Big cats across the globe are suffering tremendously due to human interference and this is simply another example of a lackluster approach to conservation. In the case of the southern Cali mountain lions, they are suffering because of habitat loss and fragmentation which is essentially packs of the animals being so far removed from one another that there is not enough opportunity for breeding. 

Road development is one of the leading causes of environment loss for these beautiful animals and there are ways to ensure that these animals don't end up so fragmented or worse, roadkill. Animal overpasses are proven to help reduce the amount of animals that are killed in vehicle accidents while also allowing the animals to roam more freely. Logically, if we are tearing down trees and destroying wildlife for roads, why would we not be supplementing that with these wonderful overpasses? This lackluster approach to conservation is the reason we are seeing so many species doomed and when there are ways to prevent it, it makes it all the more frustrating.

Allowing the natural predators to succumb to extinction will not only be devastating in itself but will inevitably have a trickling down effect that will be far worse than the effort taken to protect them. When the predators are no longer, the preyed upon species like rabbits, deer, and other small mammals will become abundant. With this occurring, the ecosystem will suffer because the balance will be off. What does this mean? Well, the government will resort to their ever popular way of dealing with over abundant species, culling. So essentially, they allow the predators to go extinct and then start using tax payer money to shoot and kill all of the innocent species who flourished because of their inactivity in protecting the mountain lions. You see? Everything suffers when we allow a species like this to extinct. It's so devastating that humans continue to drive all of these species to extinction while also claiming to be all for conservation. We need to put our money where our mouths are here and work harder.

I truly hope Southern Cali works as hard as they need to to protect these beautiful big cats because without them, the devastation that follows will undoubtedly be worse.

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