When American researcher Rodney Jackson of the Snow Leopard Conservancy donated 20 motion-activated camera traps to his Russian colleagues, the hope was that they would be able to snap some photos of endangered snow leopards and learn more about them. After two years, however, … [Read more...] about A new WWF program is persuading poachers to save the snow leopard in Russia
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Former poachers help scientists restore the snow leopard population in Siberia
In some parts of Siberia, snow leopards have been nearly wiped out due to poachers hunting the animals for their distinctive spotted coats. But in Russia’s Altai Mountains the snow leopard population is on the rise thanks to former poachers who are now helping scientists to … [Read more...] about Former poachers help scientists restore the snow leopard population in Siberia