In Russia, snow leopards are killed by poachers

According to the administration of the Sayano-Shushensky nature reserve (Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai) for 2014 the snow leopard population has decreased in two times. Now, instead of the 8 animals in the reserve live only 4.

According to Sergei Linareva, Deputy Director of the reserve for scientific research, is mainly associated with illegal activity.

In the fall of 2013 in the metal loop hit a pregnant female. Fortunately, she was able to carry and give birth to two kids. The male leopard is also caught in a loop. The last time a female was recorded in the camera with a noose around his neck in October 2013, and her emaciated child in two weeks.





What happened to the male is not known. On this incident he organized a rescue expedition, but none of the snow leopards could not find. Most likely, the kittens died – to the independent life they adapt only at the second year of life. Today in the wildlife refuge lives a male and a female and two young males living on the other side of the river Yenisei.

Interesting is the fact that one of the snow leopards was wearing a collar with a satellite transmitter Vladimir Putin. It is for his direction in this reserve is the program of monitoring and study of the snow leopard population in southern Siberia.

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Source: globalscience.ru