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Every once in a while he would check us out, but mostly he just walked around us completely unphased
Chris Loades/ FFI
The Pamirs, known as the ‘Roof of the World’, are one of the key mountain ranges of Central Asia and are home to Tajikistan’s globally significant snow leopard population.
FFI is working to bring together local communities, hunting agencies, the state conservation sector and the military on the Tajik side of the Pamir mountain range in a programme to help conserve the regions’ biodiversity.
The project aims to secure vital snow leopard habitat and offer further hope to all the species found in the breathtaking Pamir landscape, including Marco-Polo sheep and the Barheaded (Indian) Goose.
Snow leopard at Paradise Wildlife Park, Broxbourne
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Time to sex and measure this gorgeous leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) then release it to the other side the road. I was impressed with how quickly they got all the measurements and how short a time the shark was out of the slough, and even shorter amount of time out of water at all. The research is needed to document and understand differential habitat use in the slough by age and gender and then protect (if needed) key areas.
The leopard is one of the five "big cats" in the genus Panthera. It is a member of the family Felidae with a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia. Wikipedia
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