US EditionTourist Mauled by Snow Leopard After Approaching the Wild Animal to Click a Photo in China
The tourist approached within three meters of the snow leopard despite warnings and was bitten in the face; China hosts about 60% of the world’s 4,000 to 6,500 snow leopards.
- 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…
Snow leopard seen attacking skier as terrifying video shows creature 'watching over prey'
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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