According to a massive five year survey conducted between 2019 and 2023 and the first nationwide scientific count of snow leopards in India, there are 718 snow leopards in India. This survey was conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India along with snow leopard range states, the Nature Conservation Foundation, and World Wildlife Fund.
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They monitored a vast and remote mountain habitat of 120,000 square kilometres across the trans- Himalayan region, using many cameras. The survey found two-thirds of the cats in Ladakh, with the rest in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
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Snow leopards are listed as “vulnerable” species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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