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Hemis National Park is best for snow leopards, Tibetan argali sheep, ibex... popularize the plight of the snow leopard and show travelers what’s
at stake, researchers from the US-based Snow Leopard Conservancy have
teamed up with tour operators to organize winter treks through the park located in Buddhist Ladakh, a trans-Himalayan region in the northwestern Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir (travelandleisure.com).
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Tracking the Elusive Snow Leopard of Afghanistan
TJ Winick and Mary Compton
Flight to Asia (WeGoTwo/flickr) |
Not for the military, but for wildlife organizations that want to track
down the most elusive big cat on the planet: The snow leopard of
Afghanistan.
“This was my Holy Grail for animals I wanted to catch,” he said.
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and USAID challenged Smith, a
fourth-generation big-cat trapper from Idaho, to capture and collar a
snow leopard in Afghanistan in just 20 days.
“They’re borderline mythical, legendary,” Smith said. More
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