Snow Leopard Day marked
EnvironmentUlaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ On October 20, the World Wildlife Fund Mongolia Programme Office together
with the Scout Association of Mongolia celebrated the International Snow
Leopard Day for the fifth year at Khunnu Mall. At the celebratory event,
information about the endangered snow leopard and its ecological importance was
given to children in an interesting way.
Mongolia has
listed snow leopard that maintains the health of the mountain ecosystem in its red
book of endangered species. Also, the country is home to around 2000 snow leopards or
20 percent of the world's snow leopard population most of which inhabit the Altai-Sayan region.