Landmark Nepal survey estimates nearly 400 elusive snow leopards

Landmark Nepal survey estimates nearly 400 snow leopards

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said.

Landmark Nepal Survey Estimates Nearly 400 Elusive Snow Leopards

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said Tuesday.

Landmark Nepal survey estimates nearly 400 elusive snow leopards

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said Tuesday.

According to a first national study on snow leopards, there are almost 400 specimens of the shy big cat threatened with extinction in Nepal. The study is "a historic step for the protection of snow leopards in Nepal," said Haribhadra Acharya, the chief ecologist of the National Parks and Wildlife Protection Department in the Himalayas state, the news agency AFP on Tuesday. "Thanks to the great work of the researchers, we get authentic data for t…

The first national census reveals a stable population of nearly 400 individuals, despite the persistent threats. Nepal has just made a major advance in the protection of snow panthers, with the publication of the results of a large country-wide study. This emblematic feline, classified as a vulnerable species, now counts 397 species, and has a [...] Read more Nepal: a glimmer of hope for snow panthers appeared first on Le Singulier.