First Snow Leopard Activity Footage Shot in Haiyan

Snow leopard photographed in Haian. Provided by Qinghai Province Qilian Mountain Nature Conservation Association

Since November last year, signing photographers and Haiyan county government staff members Haiqing, and rangers have set up infrared cameras in Xaguer Valley, Qinghai Province, to photograph clear images of snow leopards, which is the first time a snow leopard's activity has been recorded in this area.

said, they have gone deep into Xaguer Valley nine times, checking and photographing snow leopard images every two weeks. Previously, the images were relatively blurry. The latest shot captured a clear image of a snow leopard eating food. From the snow leopard's walking posture, it seems to have injured its left hind leg, walking with a limp. They will continue to observe the snow leopard's movements in the future.

has been working on wildlife protection in the depths of Qilian Mountain for many years. Last year, he photographed the activity images of the endangered Desert Cat, which is the clearest and most positive Desert Cat image recorded to date in Qilian Mountain. He was very happy to capture the precious snow leopard images. He said that the appearance of the snow leopard in Haiyan indicates that the local ecological environment is becoming better.

Since the Qilian Mountain National Park Qinghai Provincial Bureau launched snow leopard monitoring work in May 2017, it has obtained a large amount of snow leopard and other rare wild animal images, and captured the global rare, China's first appearance of 5 snow leopards in the same frame. In recent years, snow leopards have frequently appeared in the public eye, indicating that the ecological environment of Qilian Mountain is becoming better.