US EditionTourist Mauled by Snow Leopard After Approaching the Wild Animal to Click a Photo in China
The tourist ignored warnings and approached within three meters of the snow leopard for photos before the attack, prompting local authorities to increase safety patrols and public education.
- On Jan 23, a female skier was mauled by a snow leopard in Talat Village, Keketuohai Scenic Area, Koktokay Township, Xinjiang, and taken to Fuyun County People's Hospital in stable condition.
- Area staff had earlier warned visitors that despite these warnings, the tourist reportedly moved closer to get a clearer photo, stopping about three metres away from the snow leopard.
- The snow leopard then lunged, biting the woman in the face and knocking her down, while a ski instructor and other bystanders used ski poles to scare the animal away and help her to safety.
- Officials announced intensified safety patrols, protection efforts, and public-awareness campaigns by Fuyun County Forestry and Grassland Bureau and culture and tourism authorities, urging safe distances from wildlife and reporting sightings to local police.
- Given their rarity, officials emphasize that attacks by snow leopards are extremely rare and China hosts around 60% of the 4,000 to 6,500 worldwide under first-class protection.
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Encounters with wild predators should never be underestimated: A tourist was attacked on the weekend because she probably wanted to take a photo.
A snow leopard attacked a skier in the middle of the slope. The tourist wanted to take a photo and came too close to the rare animal.
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leprogres.frThe attack took place on Friday, in a tourist area in northwestern China. The vacationer was hospitalized to treat her facial injuries.
Fear for a tourist in Koktokay, China, for a tourist. The woman was returning from the ski slopes with two friends when she was attacked by a snow leopard, a very rare specimen. The skier spotted him from afar and approached the animal to take a photo: the leopard, however, had a shot and wounded her face. The article Leopard of the snows attacks and hurts a woman: fear for a tourist coming back from the ski slopes Video comes from The Daily Fac…
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WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A woman was attacked by a snow leopard in China after she approached the animal, with the horrifying incident captured in a series of videos that have since gone viral on social media
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