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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Alan Palazon

WWF uses trail cameras to shed new light on the world’s most elusive big cat - the ‘Ghost of the Mountain’

2GJA8EW Snow leopard in winter snow.

Snow leopards are one of, if not the, most difficult big cats to spot thanks to their perilous habitats and shadowy movements. These cats typically live at altitudes between 3,000 to 4,500 meters across Central and South Asia, meaning researchers, who’ve nickanmed them the “Ghosts of the Mountains” often have their work cut out.

However, over the years, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has partnered with local conservation efforts to help restore populations of the big cat, in the process drip-feeding images to the public from their trail cams.

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