Snow leopard with cub at Darjeeling Zoo. Photo Darjeeling Zoo.
The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, northern India has launched a two year project to research the nocturnal behavior of its snow leopards by keeping the animal under infra-red camera surveillance. The zoo, which has had a successful breeding program for many years, currently has six female and five male snow leopards. The most recent births were 3 cubs born in April 2009 to Neeta (female) and Karan (male).
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Loss of habitat / hunting
They look cool.
They help keep other animals from over populating and starving to death. If there are no carnivores, only food depletion kills off the herbivores.