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Snow Leopards in
Tomur
ISLT
and Xinjiang Conservation Foundation launched a major snow leopard project in
far western China
in 2004. Surveys are being conducted
in the many mountainous areas of the province. The most recent field work was conducted in
the Tien Shan mountains in and near the
Tomur Nature Reserve. Chinese
scientists leading the study found snow leopards to be numerous in some
areas, but serious conservation concerns were apparent. These included mining, logging, grazing and
illegal hunting among others. A full
report with several photos of the study area has recently been completed and
is available through the SLN bibliography.
(http://www.snowleopard.org/islt/procite/mmsnow04.pdf)
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