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Himachal home to 75 snow leopards, says five-year scientific estimation

It is a first-of-its-kind five-year systematic effort at a large regional scale in the Himalayan range where the incredible 'Ghost of the Mountains' live and is elusive by nature. It enables initiating livelihood programmes that foster coexistence between the snow leopards and the local communities. The exercise was complemented with population assessments of the prey species like bharal and ibex of snow leopard across the state.