Landmark Nepal survey estimates nearly 400 elusive snow leopards

Nepal announces its snow leopard population after first-of-its-kind assessment

KATHMANDU — Following decades of speculation, skepticism and lack of consensus, Nepal’s government has announced the country’s first-ever consolidated national estimate of snow leopards (Panther uncia): 397 individuals. The figure, which translates to 1.56 individuals per 100 square kilometers (38.6 square miles), was reported by an expert committee following months of work which involved aggregating […]

Landmark Nepal survey estimates nearly 400 snow leopards

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said.

Landmark Nepal Survey Estimates Nearly 400 Elusive Snow Leopards

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said Tuesday.

Landmark Nepal survey estimates nearly 400 elusive snow leopards

Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said Tuesday.

A glimmer of hope in the remote valleys of the Himalayas. On April 22, experts announced they had counted 397 snow leopards in Nepal. This is the first-ever nationwide census of this endangered species. And the good news is: it exceeds all previous estimates. "This is a historic milestone," Haribhadra Acharya, chief ecologist with Nepal's National Parks Department, told Agence France-Presse. "This is the (…) Read more In brief / Animals

The Directorate of the Aggtelek National Park has made a rare natural discovery: the snow leopard (Eresus hermani), a relatively newly described species, has appeared for the first time in the park's operational area. The previously unknown occurrence was documented on Vár-hegy in Bolgodokkőváralja in the second week of April - they announced on their Facebook page.