Kathmandu, Dec. 3 -- In another conservation milestone for Nepal, two snow leopards were successfully collared recently in Shey Phoksundo National Park of Western Nepal which will help scientists study the impact of the climate crisis on the habitat of the endangered big cats.
One of the elusive leopards were captured at 4,171m in Bhijer, and fitted with satellite GPS collar, and released into the wild an hour later. Zoologists are already tracking the leopards through satellite telemetry. This is the first time the snow leopard is being tracked via satellite, earlier efforts were by wildlife biologist Rodney Jackson who radio-collared the animals in the 1980s
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