Because the black-lipped pika is a wild rabbit and is hunted by humans all the year round, its lifespan is generally not long.

Because the black-lipped pika is considered to be the destruction of grassland vegetation , so humans began to hunt it very early. However, due to their high reproductive capacity, especially in summer, the adult females of the black-lipped pika will have a succession of successful litters, which causes their numbers to climb sharply to a density of about 300 per hectare, so At present, the number of black-lipped pikas has remained stable.