Snow Leopard Population In Russia Increases Rapidly In The Last 10 Years

Snow Leopard. (Wikimedia Commons/Eric Kilby)

JAKARTA - The population of Snow Leopard in Russia has increased rapidly over the past decade, with four regions listed as their homes.

Over the past ten years, the population of snow leopards in Russia has increased from 10 to 87, reports chairman of the inter-regional association "Irbis" Ali Uzdenov, at an international conference entitled "Study and Conservation of Snow Leopards in the world." Join efforts."

"Human impact, lack of food sources, poaching for the snow leopard itself and purple which are food, mining, and a number of other factors have significantly reduced the number of snow leopards," he explained as quoted by TASS March 14.

"Ten months ago, only 10-15 were documented in Russia. In 2024, we carried out the first Russian census and it can be said that we have 87," he said.

Uzdenov noted that currently snow leopard lives in four Russian regions, including the Republics of Altai, Tuva, Buryatia and the Krasnoyarsk region.

The conference adopted a joint resolution to save the snow leopard.

"The Kazan resolution will be approved, which will show Russia's position in international cooperation on the issue of snow leopard conservation and attention given to snow leopards in our country. The implementation of the resolution will facilitate the unification of efforts to preserve the rarest and most beautiful animal species," said Uzdenov.

About 180 participants from 12 countries, including Russia, Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, participated in the conference.

"For the first time, we managed to gather all 12 countries where snow leopards live," said Uzdenov.

It is known that the international conference held by the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, the Tatarstan Government, and the Irbis Association was held in Kazan from March 13 to 15.