KATHMANDU — Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated that there are nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said on Tuesday.

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A snow leopard, seen here in India's northern Ladakh region in March - Copyright AFP/File SAUL LOEB A snow leopard, seen here in India's northern Ladakh region in ...

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Sandro Lovari has led research expeditions on large mammals in Nepal and around the world for 50 years. He has been associated with the University of Cambridge UK, University of Groningen, Stockholm ...

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Officials say a leopard has wandered into a suburb south of Nepal's capital and attacked a man who was walking along a road. The man was not seriously injured in Friday's attack. Police official Megh ...

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Nepal's first nationwide survey of the threatened snow leopard estimated nearly 400 of the elusive big cats in the Himalayan nation, wildlife officials said Tuesday. Habitat loss, climate change and ...