今天是国际雪豹日！你知道吗，为了在亚洲寒冷的山区气候下生存，雪豹腹部的毛可以厚达5英寸。目前雪豹的数量只有4000只，属于濒危动物。栖息地的丧失和侵占以及偷猎是雪豹生存的最大威胁。

美国通过《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》（CITES）帮助保护雪豹，这是一项有183个签署方（包括中国）的协议，旨在确保动植物标本的国际贸易不会威胁到动植物的野外生存。

各国应填补漏洞以确保受《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》保护的物种不被用于任何商业产品。《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》旨在确保野生动植物标本的国际贸易不威胁其生存。点击此处，了解关于《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》的更多详情：https://www.cites.org/

Today is International Snow Leopard Day! Did you know that to survive in the cold mountain climates of Asia, the fur on the stomachs of snow leopards can be up to five inches thick? With only about 4,000 individuals still alive in the wild today, snow leopards are endangered animals. Habitat loss, encroachment, and poaching are the greatest threats to snow leopard survival.

The United States helps protect wild snow leopards through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), an agreement among 183 parties (including China) to ensure that international trade in animal and plant specimen does not threaten their survival in the wild.

Countries should close loopholes to ensure species protected by CITES are not used in any commercial products. CITES aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. For more info on CITES, click here: https://www.cites.org/

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