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NEW DELHI: Union environment minister, Bhupender Yadav released the report, Status of Snow Leopards in India during the National Board for Wildlife meeting held in Delhi on Tuesday.
During the assessment conducted from 2019 to 2023, a total of 241 unique Snow leopards were photographed. Based on the analysis, Ladakh has the highest estimated population of the animal (477) followed by Uttarakhand (124), Himachal Pradesh (51), Arunachal Pradesh (36), Sikkim (21), and Jammu and Kashmir (9).
The study covered approximately 120,000 sq km of Snow Leopard habitat across the trans-Himalayan region, including Ladakh, J & K, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh; surveyed 13,450 km of trails; and deployed camera traps at 1,971 locations for 180,000 trap nights (each night a single camera is active). According to the Environment Ministry, the study estimated the presence of Snow Leopards in 100,841 sq km and recorded its presence in 93,392 sq km.
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