Thanks to hidden cameras in Siberia, poaching of snow leopards has virtually stopped

Only about 4,000 snow leopards are left in the wild. Now considered a “vulnerable species,” they roam across Central Asia where climate change and poaching further threatens their survival. A program in the remote mountains of Russia and Mongolia is trying to save the local species, and it’s working. Elizabeth Palmer reports.

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