Are servals rare animals?
Answer Dear Liz Thanks for your question. http://www.tigerhomes.org/wild-cats/wc-serval.cfm and http://www.bigcatrescue.org/serval.htm state that the serval is not considered to be an endangered species over most of its range, but it no longer occurs in areas heavily populated by people. IUCN lists it in the category Least Concern’ or Appendix II, with only the North African serval listed as Endangered’. The serval is vulnerable to direct hunting and habitat destruction, due to human encroachment or from annual burning of grasslands. People kill servals for their meat (it is considered to be a dinner table delicacy throughout much of their range) and pelts (serval skins are often sold as young leopard or cheetah pelts). Serval body parts are still used in for tribal ceremonies and are eaten to satisfy ancient medicinal beliefs. The pelt trade is mostly for domestic ceremonial, medicinal purposes or the tourist trade rather than for commercial export. The North African serval has been i
