Landmark Nepal survey estimates nearly 400 elusive snow leopards
Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimates that there are nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation. The animals were tracked monitored motion-sensor camera and genetic analysis in seven key areas.
"We are the second smallest country in terms of snow leopard habitat size after Bhutan, (but) we hold the fourth largest population," Ghana S Gurung, country representative of WWF Nepal, told AFP.
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