Snow Leopard Sighting in Bhutan
OutdoorHub 02.17.12
A snow leopard, with bright eyes and distinctive dark rosettes on its fur, rubs its cheek gently on a rocky ridge. A night vision camera captures the enigmatic creature as it sprays its scent, marking its territory before disappearing into the dark. This extraordinary scene is from a new cache of video and photos taken in the fall of 2011 through a camera trap study by the Royal Government of Bhutan and WWF in Wangchuck Centennial Park, the country’s largest protected area. The cameras captured species ranging from the Tibetan wolf to the musk deer, suggesting this protected area is a key refuge for Himalayan biodiversity.
