The invisible borders humans draw for wildlife mean nothing to snow leopards—and conservation maps built on guesswork are proving dangerously wrong. The post Between 2013 and 2017, four snow leopards in eastern Nepal were fitted with collars that logged their position every four hours, and the map that came back was 6 to 97 times bigger than earlier range estimates for Nepal. Three of the cats spent up to a third of their time in India or China. appeared first on Space Daily .
Between 2013 and 2017, four snow leopards in eastern Nepal were fitted with collars that logged their position every four hours, and the map that came back was 6 to 97 times bigger than earlier range estimates for Nepal. Three of the cats spent up to a third of their time in India or China.