Conservation status of SNOW LEOPARD Pakistan 80,000 SQkm Habitat Area in Pakistan; estimated population: 200–420 Nisar Malik, a Pakistani journalist, and cameraman Mark Smith (who had worked on the Planet Earth segment) spent 18 months filming snow leopards in the Hindu Kush for the BBC film Snow Leopard – Beyond the Myth. Numerous agencies are working to conserve the snow leopard and its threatened mountain ecosystems. These include the Snow Leopard Trust, the Snow Leopard Conservancy, the Snow Leopard Network, the Cat Specialist Group and the Panthera Corporation. These groups and numerous national governments from the snow leopard’s range, nonprofits and donors from around the world recently worked together at the 10th International Snow Leopard Conference in Beijing. Their focus on research, community programs in snow leopard regions, and education programs are aimed at understanding the cats needs, as well as the needs of the villagers and herder communities affecting snow leopards lives and habitat.
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:27:52 +0000