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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India falling behind in protection of snow leopards and their habitat
Indian minister is not attending the first international meeting for the conservation of snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan despite the need for greater conservation efforts to protect its leopard populations
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HP to launch conservation programme for Himalayan brown bear
SHIMLA: After conserving snow leopard and western tragopan, Himachal Pradesh is going to launch a conservation programme for the endangered Himalayan brown bear by setting up the country's first conservation
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51 snow leopards in Nepal wild: Study
RASUWA, Sept 29: A recent study has revealed that there are 51snow leopards in two national parks and three other conservation areas in Nepal. The study was conducted by a team deployed from the Center
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Study lists 73 districts as tiger poaching hotspots
NAGPUR: Poaching, prey depletion and habitat destruction have decimated the world's wild tiger population to fewer than 3,200. Poaching continues to be the key threat to tigers in India - home to more
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Centre sanctions Rs 5.12 cr conservation project for Spiti in HP
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has sanctioned Rs 5.12 crore for the 'Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve' (CDBR) in the Spiti region of the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district.
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Snow leopard conservation helping locals earn as well
MANANG: Locals of Manang and Mustang have found new job opportunities in snow leopards of late, as conservationists from home and abroad are carrying out research on the mountain cats. While the ongoing
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Snow leopard, red panda get new conservation centre in Darjeeling
To reintroduce captive-bred endangered animals like red panda and snow leopard into the wild, the Darjeeling zoo has now started a new breeding conservation centre for wildlife. Built in an area of
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Save leopard campaign: Camera traps near LoC to track big cats
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), India, has set up camera traps to track the movement of snow leopards, Asia’s most endangered cats, a few km from the Line of Control (LoC) in the mountains of Kargil district.
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Tibet steps up efforts to protect leopards
A protection center for snow leopards has been set up in the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve in the Tibet autonomous region, authorities said. A project by the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve
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Chitral wildlife exposed to poaching
Poachers are active in Chitral district, the paradise of wildlife, due to shortage of watchers. The wildlife department has only 56 watchers for an area of 14,850 square kilometres. Lamenting the