by aritha | Dec 22, 2018 | Range Countries
An estimated 200–420 snow leopards exist in Pakistan across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). A national-level assessment deemed the species “critically endangered” within the country. While small, Pakistan’s snow...
by aritha | Dec 22, 2018 | Range Countries
In Russia the snow leopard is at the northernmost edge of its contemporary range and has only a few sustainable populations of animals in optimal habitat areas – the mountains of the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion. Russia’s population of snow leopards comprises just 1-2% of...
by aritha | Dec 22, 2018 | Range Countries
Tajikistan contains around 250-280 snow leopards primarily within the Pamir Mountain range. Tajikistan is located in the center of the snow leopard range. Tajikistan’s mountains are a key part of the snow leopard range in Central Asia. The total habitat of the...
by aritha | Dec 22, 2018 | Range Countries
In Uzbekistan the edge of the snow leopard’s range is represented by boundary areas of two independent, unconnected groups – Tien-Shan and Pamir-Alai. Both populations occupy territories, which are developed as the result of extensive economic activity (Western...
by aritha | Dec 21, 2018 | Masonry
But in the last years, many countries have made encouraging progress. In Kyrgyzstan, we have been able to stop the decline in the cat’s population, and to reverse the trend in a positive direction. Fifteen years ago, the species was on the brink of extinction in the...
