India, Feb. 17 -- In Spiti Valley's harsh high-altitude landscape, a new study finds that snow leopards, wolves, foxes and free-ranging dogs coexist by constantly shifting their behaviour - adjusting when and where they are active to avoid conflict amid rising human pressure. With human-subsidised dogs reshaping the predator balance, researchers warn this fragile system may not endure without intervention. Mongabay India correspondent Sneha Mahale reports

High in the Trans-Himalayan landscape of Spiti, life is shaped by extremes. The air is thin, winters plunge to -40degC, and food is scarce for much of the year. For the region's carnivores - snow leopards, Himalayan wolves, red foxes, and an increasingly visible newcomer, free-ranging d...