Snow leopard spotted in Tirthan Valley for the first time
A snow leopard has been spotted for the first time, in Tirthan Valley of the Great Himalayan National Park, in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.
Kullu: A snow leopard has been spotted for the first time, in Tirthan Valley of the Great Himalayan National Park, in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.
The picture was taken by a trap camera installed by Megha Bandyopadhyay, a research scholar of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun.
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The first authentic picture was taken on October 31, by the trap camera installed by Meghna and her guide Ramesh.
They claim that a male snow leopard was spotted at the national park, situated at 2,490 metres above the sea level.
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This has also been confirmed by the Divisional Forest Officer of Great Himalayan National Park, Kripa Ram. (ANI)