Snow leopard
The snow leopard is one of the most mythical creatures in the world and has lived in the mountain areas of central Asia for thousands of years. At least one snow leopard a day is killed do to poaching, and most likely many unreported incidents occur. Snow leopard skeletons are valuable on the black market as they are believed to cure many human diseases, and today there are only a few thousand snow leopards left in the wild. Kolmården Foundation supports conservation work in Mongolia directed towards saving the snow leopard.
Threatened because their prey is killed
The snow leopard is not only threatened because of valuable body parts. As the number of prey decreases, snow leopards need to seek food close to villages instead and are often killed as the farmers try to protect their cattle. The snow leopard needs a long-term conservation program in order to survive.