Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Republic of Khakassia Vladimir Putin stops in Khakassia on his way to Sakhalin where he reviews a programme to study the snow leopard – and meets the predator in person Vladimir Putin stops in Khakassia on his way to Sakhalin where he reviews a programme to study the snow leopard – and meets the predator in person Mongol the snow leopard A snow leopard. Picture taken by camera trap The snow leopard can kill prey three times its own weight The snow leopard is at the top of the food pyramid, with rival predators offering little to no competition Launched in 2010, the Siberian Snow Leopard programme is to be implemented within five years’ time The snow leopard, or ounce (Uncia uncia), is the only species of the genus Uncia Due to the snow leopard’s remote habitat and sparse population, there has been limited research into critical aspects of the animal’s life Snow leopards are found in the mountains of Central Asian (Himalayas) and southern Siberia at middle to high altitudes Snow leopard Mongol returns home Snow leopard Mongol returns home Snow leopard Mongol returns home Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s interview with the Rossiya and Moya Planeta TV networks
Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Republic of Khakassia Vladimir Putin stops in Khakassia on his way to Sakhalin where he reviews a programme to study the snow leopard – and meets the predator in person Vladimir Putin stops in Khakassia on his way to Sakhalin where he reviews a programme to study the snow leopard – and meets the predator in person Mongol the snow leopard A snow leopard. Picture taken by camera trap The snow leopard can kill prey three times its own weight The snow leopard is at the top of the food pyramid, with rival predators offering little to no competition Launched in 2010, the Siberian Snow Leopard programme is to be implemented within five years’ time The snow leopard, or ounce (Uncia uncia), is the only species of the genus Uncia Due to the snow leopard’s remote habitat and sparse population, there has been limited research into critical aspects of the animal’s life Snow leopards are found in the mountains of Central Asian (Himalayas) and southern Siberia at middle to high altitudes Snow leopard Mongol returns home Snow leopard Mongol returns home Snow leopard Mongol returns home Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s interview with the Rossiya and Moya Planeta TV networks

THE SNOW LEOPARD PROGRAMME

Vladimir Putin, head of the RGS Council of Trustees, has expressed his support for the Snow Leopard Programme that carries out conservation work in Russia. The transmitter he placed on one snow leopard has stopped working, but the programme's research continues.

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