Indian minister is not attending the first international meeting for the conservation of snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan despite the need for greater conservation efforts to protect its leopard populat

SHIMLA: After conserving snow leopard and western tragopan, Himachal Pradesh is going to launch a conservation programme for the endangered Himalayan brown bear by setting up the country's first co

RASUWA, Sept 29: A recent study has revealed that there are 51snow leopards in two national parks and three other conservation areas in Nepal.

NAGPUR: Poaching, prey depletion and habitat destruction have decimated the world's wild tiger population to fewer than 3,200.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has sanctioned Rs 5.12 crore for the 'Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve' (CDBR) in the Spiti region of the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district

MANANG: Locals of Manang and Mustang have found new job opportunities in snow leopards of late, as conservationists from home and abroad are carrying out research on the mountain cats.

To reintroduce captive-bred endangered animals like red panda and snow leopard into the wild, the Darjeeling zoo has now started a new breeding conservation centre for wildlife.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), India, has set up camera traps to track the movement of snow leopards, Asia’s most endangered cats, a few km from the Line of Control (LoC) in the mountains of Kargil

A protection center for snow leopards has been set up in the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve in the Tibet autonomous region, authorities said.

Poachers are active in Chitral district, the paradise of wildlife, due to shortage of watchers.

The wildlife department has only 56 watchers for an area of 14,850 square kilometres.