Title
First radio-telemetry study of snow leopards in Afghanistan
Author(s)
Anthony Simms; Stephane Ostrowski; Hussain Ali; Ali Madad Rajabi; Hafizullah Noor; Salahudin Ismaili
Published
2013
Publisher
Cat News
Abstract
We report on the first snow leopard Panthera uncia telemetry study ever conducted in Afghanistan and the only major research effort of its kind presently carried out in the country. Between May and September 2012 we captured and fixed GPS telemetry collars on two male and one female snow leopard in the Hindu Kush mountain range of Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan. The specific aims of this study are to determine ranging patterns and habitat preferences of the species, and better understand the prevalence of and reasons for livestock predation.

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