Snow Leopard

by Hunter, Don

• ISBN13: 9781607321934
• ISBN10: 1607321939
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-06
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado

Summary

Giving a voice to the snow leopard, this collection of powerful first person accounts from an impressive cadre of scientist-adventurers grants readers a rare glimpse of this elusive cat and the remarkable lives of those personally connected to its future. These Stories from the Roof of the Worldresonate with adventure, danger, discovery, and most importantly hope for this magnificent big cat. Very little has been written about this mystical creature. Its remote and rugged habitat among the mightiest collection of mountains on Earth, proclaimed "The Roof of the World" by awe-struck explorers, make it one of the most difficult and expensive animals to study. After a millennia thriving in peaceful isolation, human encroachment, poaching and climate change threaten the snow leopards survival. Speaking on behalf of the snow leopard, these heart-felt stories will inform and inspire readers, creating the vital connection needed to move people toward action in saving this magnificent cat.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Out of White	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction: Giving Voice to the Snow Leopard	p. 1
On Meeting a Snow Leopard	p. 13
Face-to-Face with Shan	p. 21
Tracks of My Soul	p. 25
Kashmir	p. 33
From Rice Fields to Snowfields	p. 45
Death of a Bharal	p. 51
An Accord of Hope	p. 63
Tears of the Karakorum	p. 69
The Pelt Smuggler	p. 75
Two Snow Leopards, My Father, and Me	p. 83
Happy Days	p. 89
Raising Sheru	p. 95
Cubs	p. 103
Epiphany	p. 113
Pangje	p. 121
November 13	p. 129
Winter at Chörten Nyima	p. 135
The Spirit of Baga Bogd	p. 141
Gobi Magic	p. 151
Legends of Zanskar	p. 165
Magic Valley	p. 171
Organizations and Related Websites	p. 175
Further Reading	p. 179
Biographical Notes	p. 181
Illustration Credits	p. 189
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