(photo by Margaret White courtesy of Snow Leopard Trust)
“Tigers in Snow Leopard Land
By Tenzing Lamsang THIMPHU, Bhutan, May 9, 2008 (ENS) - Fresh pictures and pugmarks from the Jigme Dorji National Park show that royal Bengal tigers in Bhutan are being found at altitudes never seen before. In fact, authorities say that the tigers are going so high that they are overlapping the habitat of the elusive snow leopard.
“We’ve realized that Bhutan is now officially the only country in the world to have tigers at such high altitudes and also the only country where the habitat of the snow leopard and the tiger are overlapping,” said Tiger Sangay of the Nature Conservation Division. Sources say that pugmarks and pictures can be seen between 3,700 to 4,300 meters in the latest study.” ~ ENS
More Resources About the Snow Leopard From Around the Web:
- The crew looked for snow leopards for days in the Himalayan mountains till when they were about to leave, they got reports of some and got this great footage.. Article Link: www.wikipedia.org Video Link: www.youtube.com. - The alliance between the snow leopard SSP and the International Snow Leopard Trust (ISLT) is another good example of the partnership of zoo and field efforts. The ISLT funds conservation studies and is successful in bringing together … - Chhinsu and another snow leopard, Ashakiran, who is 7, were born in captivity and are at Leopards Etc., a nonprofit preserve in Occidental where Barbara and Rob Dicely keep 19 cats that are used for education and special events. … - Founded in 1981, the Snow Leopard Trust (SLT) is the longest running and largest organization working solely to protect the endangered snow leopards of Central Asia. The snow leopard shares the same ranking on the World Conservation … |
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1 drizzle // May 12, 2008 at 6:19 pm
It’s quite disturbing to see how low the numbers are getting for snow leopards in Bhutan. A mere hundred is their best guess for the country but with the tigers appearing to encroach on their territory, will it be survival of the fittest?
Something really needs to be done to protect these gorgeous elusive creatures without endangering the Bengal tigers in the process. What I don’t know, but with reportedly only about 5,000 snow leopards left on the entire planet, can we afford to sit back and do nothing?
I really don’t want to see yet another animal added to the “extinct” list in my lifetime.
Good article, thanks for sharing it!
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