Cameras catch glimpse of rare snow leopards
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Three wild snow leopards have been caught on camera in a nature reserve in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, the reserve’s administration said yesterday.
Scratch-marks were found in a rocky area at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters before two infrared cameras set up in the region spotted the big cats, believed to be a mother and two cubs, in the Wolong National Nature Reserve.
The pictures and video clips taken at 6am on May 2 showed the leopards were roaming and foraging in the area.
The footage has provided important information for research into wild highland animals, said Yang Jian, director of the Dengsheng wild animal and plant protection station, which is administrated by the Wolong reserve.
Snow leopards, which are protected in China, are usually found in the Himalayan ranges of central and south Asia at altitudes between 3,000 and 5,500 meters.
The animal has rarely been seen in the wild over the past century due to the loss of their habitat and poaching. An estimated 3,500 to 7,000 snow leopards live in the wild, in addition to 600 to 700 in zoos worldwide.
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