Photo of wild snow leopard taken in Qinghai province, Tibet/China by amateur photographer, Ma Shengtang. Photo Xinhua. See Correction, this photo is (C) by Dr Marc Foggin and Plateau Perspectives
(See correction on the real source of this photo in the August 1st post).
An enterprising amateur photographer, Ma Shengtang, has successfully taken photos of a wild snow leopard in Zhiduo County in Yushu, Qinghai province of China (formerly Tibet). The photos have been published by Xinhua, the Chinese News Agency and were taken with a long range infra-red camera.
Sparse and remote snow leopard country in Yushu, Qinghai province. Photo Wikipedia.
The region is sparse and mountainous with most of the population being Tibetan. The area was historically known as Kham, an eastern part of Tibet.
No doubt technologies are helping to make the snow leopard more visible than ever before. But hopefully it will be used to protect the rare cats and not hunt them.
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Beautiful photo of a gorgeous cat. Long may (s)he and her kind live and prosper. We love and advocate for ALL felidae.
The pictures listed above were actually taken via an NGO called Plateau Perspectives. The pictures were illegally passed on by local media and PP was not cited for this.
Welcome to China.
Photograph, track, trace wild animals in major area of Snow Leopard living area in Xinjinag, Taxkorgan Pamir land and Aksu Tomur nature reserve. It is possbile that you may watch the snow leopard if luck, or get some trace under the assistant service of local experienced guide or experts. In this area, a lot of rare animals as: Snow leopard, Marco Polo sheep, wolf, brown bear, ibex goat, wolf dog, Tibetan wild Ass, wooly hare etc. In Xinjiang and Sichuan, as well as Qinghai, the snow leopard occasionally went down to the herdsman house for food in winter and earlier spring. The snow leopard usually to kill the grazing animals for thier eating.
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