Hundreds of snow leopards poached each year

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Hundreds of snow leopards poached each year

Snow Leopard mother and cub. © David Lawson / WWF-UK New York, USA, 21st October 2016 —With possibly as few as 4,000 snow leopards surviving in the wild, a new report from TRAFFIC has found that hundreds of the endangered big cats are being killed illegally each year across their range in Asia’s high mountains. Published ahead of today’s UN meeting on snow leopards and International Snow Leopard Day on Sunday, An Ounce of Prevention: Snow leopard crime revisited estimates that between 221-450 snow leopards have been poached annually since 2008 – a minimum of 4 per week. But this number could be substantially higher since many killings in remote areas go undetected. Combatting poaching and illegal trade of snow leopards is a key objective of the Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP), which unites all 12 snow leopard range countries with intergovernmental ...

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@PaasikunnasTimo » 23 Oct '16, 7am
Hundreds of snow leopards poached each year #snowleopard #poaching [link]
@fjg_bio » 23 Oct '16, 7am
RT @MonteroQuercus: Hundreds of snow leopards poached each year [link] vía @TRAFFIC_WLTrade
@MonteroQuercus » 23 Oct '16, 7am
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@MonteroQuercus » 23 Oct '16, 7am
Si no es porque lo dice @TRAFFIC_WLTrade no me lo creería: furtivos matan al año CIENTOS de leopardos de las nieves [link]
@HayvanHaklariAk » 22 Oct '16, 7pm
ABD: Her yıl binlerce leopard öldürülüyor, sayıları 4 bin'e düştü [link]
@Barney_Long » 22 Oct '16, 1pm
At least 4 #SnowLeopards poached weekly since 2008. Need effective approaches to #Zeropoaching. @TRAFFIC_WLTrade [link]
@scaleofthetrade » 21 Oct '16, 10pm
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@Apoorva_J » 21 Oct '16, 4pm
RT @TRAFFIC_India: Atleast 4 Snow Leopards were poached every week since 2008, finds TRAFFIC's study [link] @TRAFFIC_WLTra…
@TRAFFIC_India » 21 Oct '16, 3pm
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@zkun1971 » 21 Oct '16, 2pm
Resulted by human #wildlife conflicts poaching runs snow #leopard towards #extinction [link]
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Poaching of snow #leopard runs the #species towards #extinction [link]
@TRAFFIC_WLTrade » 21 Oct '16, 9am
Hundreds of snow leopards poached each year: New York, USA, 21st October 2016—With possibly as few as 4,000 s... [link]
@kanithak_ » 21 Oct '16, 8am
#SnowLeopards being hunted by the hundreds every year. [link] [link]
@Snowy_the_Dog » 21 Oct '16, 7am
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@PaulineVerheij » 21 Oct '16, 5am
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@Foresthani » 21 Oct '16, 3am
Study: #snowleopards killed in 100s each yr. "#Nepal among countries with high #poaching levels" [link] @TRAFFIC_WLTrade
@iDOPTWildlife » 21 Oct '16, 3am
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