Snow Leopards in Western Mongolia

Nature Conservancy scientists are collaring snow leopards in western Mongolia to help limit livestock predation and protect these rare cats.
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[@fraidoonw]

thanks! may all snow leopard there and every where live in peace and good health.

[@thejamesgaragemalta]

Let them live in a peaceful life before it's to late Thank You

[@user-tj2jd1hs1i]

Жалко раненного , нужно за ним следить и подкармливать . Только нелюди охотятся на такое создание и ставят капканы . Барсики самые красивые , пушистые , сильные , особенно котята , хочется взять на руки , обнять и погладить.

[@kamalkishore1569]

beautiful creature, lets not disturb it,,,leave them alone

[@ronnyshama]

No, i must disturb them, i must give them kisses & cuddles 😻😻😻🥰

[@al-hiemyari1000]

What a beautiful creature

[@user-te3tt8nz2q]

Как больно смотреть на животных. Которые страдают от рук человеческих. Ну, как теперь это красивое животное, снежный барс, будет охотиться? Как он будет защищаться? Люди остановитесь в своём безумие. Не вы творили, создавали эту красоту, а наш ТВОРЕЦ, наш ГОСПОДЬ БОГ!!!

[@leekarmina]

The first injured leopard who lost one front foot must be hurted by poaching, it is a concern of how this animal can survive in wild, if she cant hunt, then she might wud die at the end as well Worse still, if she has babies, the babies will die too because mother cant feed them without catching prey It is such a heart breaking scene for snow leopard lovers Just hope these beautiful creatures can survive with the mercy of us human

[@ewaulinska4959]

I think that in such a situation it's better to intervene and let the disabled leopard live the rest of her life in captivity. And particularly if cubs are involved, humans should search for them so that they can grow up in a zoo and enter a captive breeding program. We can't just allow offspring of an endangered species to die.

[@claudioaugugliaro5577]

if marmots are very abundant as well as free-ranging small-sized livestock, it would have some chance to survive

[@anacletwilliams8315]

I wonder why you presume it is a she. It could well be a male cat.

[@welcometolife4237]

Human die everyday you don't cry? Or human are too many for you

[@bulllea]

@@welcometolife4237 I was unaware that humans face imminent extinction . a human with a severed limb can receive pension . for a wild animal the only choice is starving to death .

[@danielrus3647]

magnificent animal

[@nai2304]

Wow , thank you for the rare shots. Greetings from Mongolia.

[@batpherlangkharkrang7976]

Keep them alive don't kill

[@leekarmina]

The leopard didn't cry , and still doing her best to stay alive, but I drop my tears to see this~that we lost another snow leopard, one more endangered big cat will be gone~ because of our selfishness

[@KatherineUribe-1]

It is very sad. I hope everyone will come to value wildlife.

[@williamslyam6599]

@@KatherineUribe-1 yeah

[@vidviewer100]

thank you

[@josecarrulo2193]

Why do people hurt them! We are realy bad! DON'T HURT THEM! It's the greatest animal on this planet!

[@alexabaxter6658]

I don't know what sound I expected them to make, but it wasn't that! So cute when they come right up to the camera... then look straight at you, yikes :D

[@debrapeasley2606]

They put a collar on the snow leopard missing part of a limb- couldn't they have fashioned a prosthetic limb for it as well? The gorgeous cat's quality of life would be greatly improved.

[@spartanthe300ththermopylae4]

It was already tagged, before getting caught in a snare. Hope they realised, managed to trace it and hopefully brought it into captivity. It is his/her only chance 😭

[@zfilmmaker]

The injured paw is not from poaching. It was likely injured from a snare used to capture it for the collar he wears that tracks his movement. The snare tightens around a paw to capture it and during that time, and when captured by the team that set the snare, the leopard is trying to get away by any means, including self-injury. The harder it pulls the tighter the snare gets.

[@spartanthe300ththermopylae4]

Absolutely ZERO chance. They would never have tagged it and released it without its paw, as it would mean a certain death. The Goddamn poachers did it.

[@zfilmmaker]

@@spartanthe300ththermopylae4 you don’t know what you’re talking about. Numerous snow leopards have been injured from snares used for scientific research. If it were a poacher they would kill it.

[@spartanthe300ththermopylae4]

@zfilmmaker "Numerous snow leopards have been injured from snares used for scientific research." What's your source? You don't have the foggiest idea what you're talking about. The researchers don't use snares to catch them. They tranquilise them. As for "the poachers would have killed it"... Yes, they would have, if they were there. But they don't sit next to their traps 24/7. The poor leopard had managed to rip his/her paw off before they got to him and thus saved himself, even just temporarily.

[@zfilmmaker]

@@spartanthe300ththermopylae4 You’re an expert? What’s my source? Hmm, well I won an Emmy for a documentary I did years ago on Snow Leopards for National Geographic. Aside from that, numerous injured snow leopards now live in zoos who were caught by ‘snares’ set by “researchers”. Do you know why your tranquilizer comment is so stupid, none of the research organizations can afford a helicopter, the terrain is so remote a helicopter can’t reach it, wind and weather is another issue, snow leopards are very hard to find, no researcher has the budget or ability to hang out on the side of a cliff waiting for one to tranquilize. The use of a snare is the predominant capture method because no one has to be there. A sensor goes off altering to a capture. I can’t stand people like you who comment without knowledge… it’s literally pathetic. I’m guessing you’re a expert at watching YT videos… that’s your body of knowledge.

[@JonHop1]

No, it was literally from a trap.

[@linaak8831]

Dear humans, you’d better put this leopard with no leg in captivity (of course in good conditions) not healthy one. Because he can hardly survive in the wild

[@tsuigiimukashi1557]

後脚でのフミフミは、どういう心理なのかな？世界で一番ユキヒョウを愛してます。

[@user-yg8on8ru2x]

БЕДНЯШКА 😢

[@hisholinesslordpotato]

Looks like one of the guards feeding that snow leopard

[@netsale9124]

Beautiful animal ❤️🐱🐈

[@yaoliang1580]

what happen to the one with only three legs how can it survive

[@KatherineUribe-1]

It's amazing how resilient these creature are, even with a missing limb. But I feel bad for it, that it has to struggle so. 💖🐺💖

[@spartanthe300ththermopylae4]

It can't survive. Not in the long run anyway 😭

[@sharlottewoods2451]

We need to get them all on Zoos away from evil scumbag poachers and all other wild Animas too people Stink

[@giorgiabhaz2915]

There are demons in human form, and there are angels. God bless the angels and all they protect.

[@DaveKentLive]

The tracking collar on the one leg cat should be removed for a better quality of life for this disabled cat.

[@spartanthe300ththermopylae4]

The cat should be brought into the captivity. I really hope that it has been. That's his/her only chance to survive. 😔

[@user-tu1cw1kp1q]

17.03.20.l 'm Snow Leopard (by Avesta's calender).

[@alicehuang5473]

so sad to see snow leopard get hurt😭

[@mikaalinea9032]

Uwu2 it's great

[@AudreySu13]

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[@AudreySu13]

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[@user-yg8on8ru2x]

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[@LINESTELECOMCORDEDTELEPHONES]

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[@hvitserkcherouak9145]

Quelle bouté ....waw ,سبحان الله

[@MikeDavis-vw6xb]

I killed a lot of this beautiful tiger in farcry 4, no choice cause I have to craft few items to survive..

[@secrethuman2057]

Tell me your just kidding

[@user-bp3yz2jl5v]

😗😗😗

[@animecrush5068]

Cat still a cat

[@neoncolourmarker8yearsago196]

Wow that’s a million dollar fur right there.

[@jamesroyal1739]

If I was guessing, that damm, collar caused her injury, I will not watch this video because ,I don't want to see them if it means hindering them in there struggle to survive, it's not easy ,for them to live from meal to meal without this hindrance, it will take , as you like to say ,take millions of years for them to adapt to these collars so as to survive ,think about you having a tight fitting collar fitted around your neck , could you fulfill your daily task in the wild with this annoyance, disturbing your concentration, it would be like being in a cage , think about it , if I am wrong you so called animal lovers can can skin me alive also

[@StormEyes1991]

The collar didn't do that. A bear trap or something similar did. He or she was probably caught by poachers or by farmers defending their goats from predators. The radio collar is not tight enough to do him or her any harm and may in fact be of help to him or her if he or she gets into trouble because then people can find him or her, treat him or her at the vet and re-release him or her.

[@AudreySu13]

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[@AudreySu13]

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