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The animal is strictly protected by law, and people engaging in the illegal fur trade are facing stiffer penalties.

Also, more areas are being established as refuges for this beautiful cat.

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The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is an endangered species of cat that lives in the mountains of Central Asia. The snow leopard is rare and secretive, and inhabits a harsh, remote environment. Yet scientists have pieced together a remarkably detailed understanding of the cat's Biology and the factors that threaten its survival.

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600 -- 700 Snow Leopards are being looked after by zoos and some are put into if you want to call it 'health, protecting' camps such like things. Animal doctors are helping them and traveling round the world to save them

(2009 study)

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13y ago

They are starting to stop hunting them for their beautiful white coats.

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12y ago

what is being done to save leopards is the banning of poaching. and some vets and animal rescuers (like Steve Irwin) are taking them into their zoos.

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11y ago

they are makeing it wrong to hunt snow leopard

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13y ago

Habitat is set aside for them, and the trade in skins is being monitored closely..Also, zoo born snow leopards are being trained to hunt for release in the wild.

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