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Scenes from Big Cat Rescue: Sundari the Leopard (Panthera pardus)
(via: Big Cat Rescue, Tampa, FL)
Snow Leopards Rebounding in Afghanistan: A Bad Rap
A snow leopard peers over a snowbank in a recent camera-trap picture. The big cats have earned a bad reputation among some people across their range because of the big cats’ knack for preying on livestock such as sheep and goats, Zahler noted.
“In Afghanistan, however, our data strongly suggests that they aren’t taking much livestock at all, and I’d hypothesize that’s because densities of their primary prey—ibex and Marco Polo sheep—are still relatively high,” he said. “In turn, locals here don’t tend to view snow leopards the way they may elsewhere in the world.”
Zahler hopes to keep it that way by promoting projects in the region such as leopard-proof corrals to protect livestock.
(via: National Geo) (Photo: Wildlife Cons. Soc.)
(Source: National Geographic)
Snow Leopards Rebounding in Afghanistan: Scratching Post
A snow leopard is caught rubbing up against a rock in the Afghan mountains.
The new snow leopard research is part of larger efforts to safeguard wildlife and natural resources in Afghanistan’s rural areas, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. The snow leopard study also comes on the heels of other recent work by the conservation group, which showed many of Afghanistan’s large mammals are doing surprisingly well in the nation’s remaining forests.
(via: National Geo) (Photo: Wildlife Cons. Soc.)
