A snow leopard was presented to the AltSU Nature Museum

21 October 2020 Press Centre of IBB

The Hunting Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Altai Krai donated the skin of a snow leopard as an exhibit to the Museum of Nature of Altai State University.

The valuable trophy was confiscated from poachers in 2015 on the territory of Altai Krai, and the animal was killed in the Altai Republic, an investigation was underway, and now the killers of a rare animal have received a sentence. Now the valuable exhibit can be seen in the Museum of Nature of Altai State University.

After the investigation, the skin of the snow leopard was in the Department of Hunting of the Ministry of Natural Resources, it was processed by taxidermist specialists and now it became possible to use it for scientific and educational purposes.

The snow leopard (irbis) is still one of the most understudied felines in the world. Very little is known about the biology and ecology of this rare predator, and its abundance within the modern range is determined very conditionally. The snow leopard is included in the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and has the status of a rare or endangered species in all 12 countries which it inhabits: Russia, Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, India, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bhutan.

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