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Hiking in the hills of northern Pakistan in the 1970s, WCS Senior Conservationist George Schaller spotted a snow leopard some 150 feet away. "Wisps of clouds swirled around," he later wrote in Stones of Silence, "transforming her into a ghost creature, part myth and part reality."

Although the snow leopard recently had its status changed by IUCN from Endangered to Vulnerable, snow leopard populations may still be dwindling across parts of their range. Poaching, both for its skin and for traditional medicine, is a growing threat. So is the loss of its natural prey species (mostly large wild mountain goats and sheep), damage to its fragile, high-elevation habitat, and a lack of awareness amongst local communities and governments of the snow leopard's status and threats.

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WCS has long been a global leader in snow leopard conservation, beginning with Dr. Schaller's wildlife surveys on snow leopards and their prey in the Himalayas in the 1970s, which resulted in his seminal books, Mountain Monarchs and Stones of Silence. His work also contributed to Peter Matthiessen's book, The Snow Leopard, which brought international attention to the species. In addition, Dr. Schaller's work led to the creation of Pakistan's Khunjerab National Park and he later supported Tom McCarthy in his Ph.D. study of snow leopard ecology in Mongolia, including the first-ever radio collar research on the animal in the wild.

WCS has also helped build the capacity of local community organizations and has aided the creation of an overarching community institution, the Wakhan Pamir Association (WPA), consisting of democratically elected representatives from each of the communities in the Wakhan District. WCS and the WPA, with over 50 community rangers, are now working to create Afghanistan's first suite of protected areas in the region, including in 2014 the establishment of Wakhan National Park, protecting roughly 70% of snow leopard habitat in the country.

In Pakistan, WCS has created a multi-year program to help protect a significant proportion of Gilgit-Baltistan Province, which is home to the snow leopard and the snow leopard's key prey species in much of the region, the flare-horned markhor. The program, which began formally in 1997, includes wildlife surveys, community-based education, and institution building for resource management. This includes the creation of 65 resource committees and 22 community-managed protected areas covering over 10,000 square kilometers and involving approximately 200,000 villagers, and over 100 community rangers that monitor snow leopards and other wildlife and stop poaching. Poaching in this landscape has declined dramatically and markhor populations have increased by over 50% in the past decade, a great sign for snow leopards.

WCS has partnered with Panthera to launch a pilot conservation project onsnow leopards in the Changtang region of the Tibetan Autonomous Region ofChina. Through project implementation, we will identify knowledge gapsthat are significant to effective snow leopard conservation there. Fieldsurveys will then help us understand the distribution of snow leopards andhigh-conflict areas so that we can design appropriate conservation actionsto protect snow leopards and their habitat. Local authorities andcommunities will be our key partners to ensure the effectiveness of thisconservation initiative.

Thanks to a 2013 pilot project, we know there are snow leopards in Uzbekistan. We have the photographic evidence. But the status of the population remains unknown. WCS is now focusing on a camera trap project in the Gissar Nature Reserve. Local rangers employed by the reserve are being trained in how to place, service, and program the traps. This information will help determine the status of this western-most population, and inform how best to ensure that the population receives adequate protection.

Your adoptions will help protect snow leopards and help fund our other vital work around the world. When you choose an animal adoption, you are supporting both your chosen animals as well as wider work to help bring our world back to life.

Adopt a snow leopard and you will give us a huge boost to our work. Adoptions not only help fund our work with local communities to monitor snow leopard movements and reduce human-snow leopard conflict but also fund our other vital work around the world.

Yes, you can adopt a snow leopard with WWF. Donations from snow leopard adoptions go both directly to support snow leopard, as well as to fund our wider work to protect nature and our planet. Adoptions are symbolic for donating and supporting our conservation work with different species. By adopting a snow leopard, you will be supporting a whole group of snow leopards, rather than one individual.

You can adopt a snow leopard with WWF from just 3 a month if you pay via Direct Debit, or with a minimum one-off payment of 36. To adopt a snow leopard with WWF, select your donation amount on the widget, click 'Adopt Now' and then complete your donation via our secure online checkout.

You can adopt a snow leopard with WWF from just 3 a month via Direct Debit, or from just 36 via a one-off payment. Your money could go further if you pay by Direct Debit as this supports our long-term planning and helps keep our administration costs down.

When you adopt a snow leopard with WWF, 50% of your donation will fund programs of work that directly support snow leopards while the remaining 50% will fund other projects that need it most. After adopting a snow leopard you'll receive a welcome pack including an optional toy and note from the WWF team welcoming you on board. We'll keep you updated on how you're supporting our vital work by sending you three adoption updates a year.

Snow leopard adoptions help us; train and equip community anti-poaching patrols; work with local communities to monitor snow leopards and their prey; support community-run livestock insurance schemes to help local herders protect their livelihoods.

Snow leopards prey upon the blue sheep (bharal) of Tibet and the Himalayas, as well as the mountain ibex found over most of the rest of their range. Though these powerful predators can kill animals three times their weight, they also eat smaller fare, such as marmots, hares, and game birds.

One Indian snow leopard, protected and observed in a national park, is reported to have consumed five blue sheep, nine Tibetan woolly hares, 25 marmots, five domestic goats, one domestic sheep, and 15 birds in a single year.

Countries have also been strengthening their enforcement against poaching, and conservation groups work with herders to develop systems to keep snow leopards away from their livestock. Others are building awareness about the important role these big cats play in their environment. As a flagship species, snow leopards are essentially a mascot for their entire ecosystem: If they survive, so will many of the other species in their habitat.

Snow leopards live in the steep, rocky mountains and shrubland of Central Asia, including the Himalayan range in Nepal, China, India, and Pakistan. Snow leopards are also found in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. They live just below the permanent snow line at around 10,000 feet above sea level.

Like all cats, snow leopards are carnivores. They eat primarily wild sheep and goats (ibex, markhors, and blue sheep) but will also feed on smaller prey such as marmots, pikas, hares, small rodents, and birds. When natural prey is scarce, snow leopards have been reported to feed on livestock.

Adult snow leopards are six to seven-and-a-half feet long from their heads to the tips of their tails. They weigh 60 to 120 pounds, and males are slightly larger than females. In the wild, snow leopards can live up to 18 years, but in human care can live up to 20 years.

Snow leopards are carnivorous and primarily stalk and hunt for Blue Sheep as their favored meal. However, they will consume other ungulates, birds and small mammals. The Snow Leopard employs the stalk and ambush method of hunting.

Claw raking trunks of trees, scraping through substrates, urinating on trees and rocky outcroppings along with head rubbing are methods snow leopards utilize to communicate with one another and mark out their territories. This method of communication is heightened during breeding season.

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Living at the top of the world: Legendary snow leopards are rarely seen in their native habitat, as they live high in the mountains of Central Asia. Although the cats freely cross the international boundaries of 12 countries, their secretive behavior and remote habitat among the highest mountains in the world add to their mystery. Because of their shy behavior and uncanny, almost mystical ability to disappear among the rocks, snow leopards have entered the folklore of local peoples in many countries and have been described as shape-changing mountain spirits.

Snow leopards are almost impossible to locate and study in their native habitat, because they blend in with their surroundings so well. Add the extreme conditions of cold and steep terrain, often beyond the limits of human endurance, and it is extremely difficult to radio tag snow leopards for conservation research.

A unique cat in an extreme habitat: So how do snow leopards live at high altitudes? They keep mainly to cliffs and rocky slopes, below the permanent snow line. Snow leopards have a relatively small head with a short, broad nose that has a large nasal cavity that passes cold air through and warms it. Their huge paws have fur on the bottom that protects and cushions their feet for walking, climbing, and jumping. The wide, furry paws also give the cat great traction on snow.

Short, well-developed front legs and chest muscles help with balance when climbing. The snow leopard's incredibly long, thick, and beautiful tail also helps with balance and is sometimes as long as the cat's body! 2351a5e196