The Snow Leopard
September 7, 2003 2:43 PM Subscribe
The Snow Leopard is a magnificent animal (and the cubs are adorable,) but also a very endangered one. A recent study by TRAFFIC, Fading Footprints: The Killing and Trade of Snow Leopards (PDF), describes the threat faced by the species, including in Afghanistan. The International Snow Leopard Trust has released the Snow Leopard Survival Strategy (PDF) to try to aid the species.
Thanks for mentioning this. An archive link at the BBC site you linked to mentioned, "This (authorities seizing a snow leopard from a circus) is the first real evidence that Russian travelling circuses are involved in the smuggling and trading of snow leopards."
I didn't know BBCi had this archive of wildlife facts until tonight.
posted by philfromhavelock at 9:26 PM on September 7, 2003
I didn't know BBCi had this archive of wildlife facts until tonight.
posted by philfromhavelock at 9:26 PM on September 7, 2003
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Maybe humans will manage to (unintentionally) thin their own herds (themselves) before they manage to kill off all the Snow Leopards.
posted by troutfishing at 4:08 PM on September 7, 2003