Status of snow leopards in India
<p>There are 718 snow leopards in India. However, only a third of their habitat is under legal protection, showed a report released by the Government of India and non-profit organisations on January 30, 2024.</p>
Snow Leopard
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उत्तराखंड में हिम तेंदुओं की संख्या का जल्द चलेगा पता
भारतीय वन्यजीव संस्थान अप्रैल तक हिम तेंदुए मल के नमूनों की जांच कर अपनी रिपोर्ट सौंप देगा। इससे पता चल जाएगा कि उत्तराखंड के उच्च हिमालयी क्षेत्र में कितने हिम तेंदुए हैं। देहरादून, [केदार दत्त]: उत्तराखंड
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An ounce of prevention: snow leopard crime revisited
Hundreds of snow leopards are being killed every year across the mountains of central Asia, threatening the already endangered big cat, according to a new report. There are as few as 4,000 of the solitary
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Himachal Pradesh to begin breeding snow leopards in captivity
KUFRI (HP): The breeding of the highly-endangered snow leopard in the Himalayan Nature Park in the picturesque Himachal Pradesh resort of Kufri is set to begin with zoo authorities in Darjeeling agreeing
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Two held for snow leopard poaching
Darchula police on Sunday made public two people who were arrested earlier on the charge of wildlife poaching. The accused are Janak Bahadur Shahi, 39, of Jubidha-8, Kalikot and Kalamram Parki, 30,
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As Tiger Numbers Dwindle, Will Smugglers Target a Different Cat?
Among wild cats, clouded leopards are increasingly coveted—and bred in captivity—for commercial purposes, according to a new study from University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. They’re
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Climate alert for swamp tiger
More alert has been sounded for the Sunderbans tiger on the climate front. Of the 12 species that the National Geographic has highlighted in its current volume on climate change, the Sunderbans tiger
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Fragile connections: snow leopards, people, water and the global climate
Urgent international action must be taken in the face of climate change to save the snow leopard and conserve its fragile mountain habitats that provide water to hundreds of millions of people across Asia,
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India too in global effort to save snow leopard habitat
DEHRADUN: Thanks to camera trap imagery, Uttarakhand has been able to capture images of snow leopards in the higher reaches of Nanda Devi Biosphere, Gangotri National Park and, recently, in Bagheshwar
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In a first, U’khand to begin count of elusive snow leopards from June 16
DEHRADUN: In a first-time initiative, the Uttarakhand forest department is embarking on an ambitious project to estimate the population of the elusive snow leopard that inhabits the higher reaches of the
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Africa: UK Leads Global Crackdown On Illegal Wildlife Trade
Britain will provide new funding to a global crackdown on the trade in rhino horn, elephant ivory and other illegal wildlife products. Britain will provide new funding to a global crackdown on the trade