The first scientific survey of snow leopards in Jammu and Kashmir has found at least 21 adults, giving conservationists a count to monitor the cat against in future.
Snow Leopard Trust
Seven predator-proof livestock corrals built from local stone, mud and chain-link fencing by herders in Ladakh’s Sumdo have kept snow leopards and wolves out for two straight years, a turnaround from a six-month spell in 2020 that cost the settlement more than 100 sheep and goats across a dozen separate attacks.