Snow Leopards: ‘Seek and Ye Shall Find’
My closest encounter with a snow leopard took place in the Altai Mountains with an ink brush in hand. My eyes locked onto the powerful hind legs and broad paws […]
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3/3 Snow Leopard – Hero of the bio-cultural landscape (previous posts continued…..)
What I Have Heard and Seen of the Snow Leopard (Letter from a reader, A. Kachakov, UlaganVillage, 2012) “Altaidyn Cholmoni” Altai Republic Newspaper, № 127, 10th July 2012. Translated from […]
2/3 Snow Leopard – Ancient Hero of the Bio-cultural Landscape (previous post continued…)
This image is copied from a tattoo image worn by an individual from the Pazyryk culture. The tattoo was found on mummified remains excavated by researcher Rudenko from a permafrost […]
1/3 Snow Leopard – Hero of the bio-cultural landscape
Photographs of snow leopards have recently been published on the UNDP Altai-Sayan Ecoregion site. The fact that snow leopards still inhabit the Altai Mountains fills the soul with hope. Not […]
Altai Pilgrim 