{"id":5232,"date":"2023-11-08T06:35:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T06:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2023-11-08T06:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T06:35:44","slug":"camera-traps-spot-snow-leopard-outside-national-park-kishtwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/camera-traps-spot-snow-leopard-outside-national-park-kishtwar\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera traps spot snow leopard outside national park Kishtwar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KISHTWAR: <span id=\"output-sentence-box~0\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~0\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-0\"><span id=\"output-phrase~0~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">According\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/dri-officials-seize-four-leopard-skin-in-srinagar-8-arrested\/\">wildlife<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">protection\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">department\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">officer,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">at\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">least\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">three\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">video\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">traps\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">have\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">verified\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">existence\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">snow\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/dri-officials-seize-four-leopard-skin-in-srinagar-8-arrested\/\">leopards<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">outside\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Jammu\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Kashmir&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/dc-kishtwar-dispatches-essential-medicines-heating-appliances-for-marwah-warwan-zone-ahead-of-winters\/\"><span id=\"output-phrase~0~16\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Kishtwar\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><span id=\"output-phrase~0~17\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">High\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~18\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Altitude\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~19\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">National\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Park\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~20\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">on\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~21\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~1\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~1\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-1\"><span id=\"output-phrase~1~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">development\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">can\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">guarantee\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">threatened\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">species\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">are\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">properly\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">conserved.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~2\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~2\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-2\"><span id=\"output-phrase~2~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Three\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">video\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">traps\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">placed\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">higher\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">levels\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Padder\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">revealed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">presence\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">snow\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">leopards,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">wildlife\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">warden\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Majid\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Bashir\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">(Chenab\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~16\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Division)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~17\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~0\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~0\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-0\"><span id=\"output-phrase~0~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">Using\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">images\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">from\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">camera\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">traps,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">department\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">research\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">teams\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">verified\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">May\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">snow\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">leopards\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">were\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">present\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/police-officers-visit-families-of-those-killed-in-line-of-duty-in-kishtwar\/\">Kishtwar<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">National\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Park.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~1\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~1\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-1\"><span id=\"output-phrase~1~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">With\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">assistance\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Mysore-based\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">NGO\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Nature\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Conservation\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Foundation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Bashir\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">added,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">48\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">camera\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">traps\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">were\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">set\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">up\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Padder,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Gandhari,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~16\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Machail.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~17\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Eight\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~18\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">these\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~19\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">cameras\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~20\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">were\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~21\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">recently\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~22\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">retrieved,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~23\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~24\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">three\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~25\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">them\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~26\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">provided\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~27\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">proof\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~28\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">that\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">snow\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~29\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">leopards\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~30\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">were\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">present\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~31\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~32\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Padder\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~33\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">area.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~2\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~2\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-2\"><span id=\"output-phrase~2~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">&#8220;This\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">is\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">for\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">first\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">time\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">presence\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">snow\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">leopards\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">was\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">captured\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">camera\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">traps\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">outside\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">national\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">park,&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1eh0vfs\">Bashir\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~0\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~0\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-0\"><span id=\"output-phrase~0~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">International\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">for\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Conservation\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Nature\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">(IUCN)\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">has\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">listed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">snow\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">leopards\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">vulnerable.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">They\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">are\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">primarily\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">found\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">at\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">elevations\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">between\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">3,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~16\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">4,500\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~17\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">metres,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~18\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~19\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">sightings\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~20\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~21\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">these\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">animals\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~22\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">have\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">been\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~23\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">reported\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~24\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~25\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">snow-bound\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~26\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">regions\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~27\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~28\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Kishtwar\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~29\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">National\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~30\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Park,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~31\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">as\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">well\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">as\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~32\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~33\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~34\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~35\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">region,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~36\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">parts\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~37\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">central\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~38\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~39\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">north\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~40\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Kashmir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~41\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~42\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">Union\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">Territory\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~43\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~44\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Ladakh.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~1\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~1\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-1\"><span id=\"output-phrase~1~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Under\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Union\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Environment\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Ministry&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">snow\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">leopard\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">project,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">wildlife\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">department\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">started\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">first-of-its-kind\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">population\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">survey\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">expedition\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">November\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">The\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">mission\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~16\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~17\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">expedition\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~18\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">was\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~19\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">determine\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~20\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">area\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~21\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~22\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">species\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~23\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">inhabits\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~24\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~25\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">obstacles\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~26\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">that\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">need\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~27\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">be\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~28\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">overcome\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~29\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">for\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~30\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">proper\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">protection.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~0\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~0\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-0\"><span id=\"output-phrase~0~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Based\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">information\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">obtained\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">from\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">camera\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">traps,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">Bashir,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">who\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">is\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">also\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">charge\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Kishtwar\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">National\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">Park,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~13\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">stated\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~14\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">there\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">are\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~15\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">nine\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~16\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">snow\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">leopards\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~17\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~0~18\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">area.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~1\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~1\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-1\"><span id=\"output-phrase~1~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">Before\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">winter\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">arrived\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">last\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">year,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">up\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">278\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">camera\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">traps\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-1ber87j\">were\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">put\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">up\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">at\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">135\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">different\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">spots\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~11\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-2yp7ui\">around\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~1~12\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">national\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-15iwe0d\">park.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-sentence-box~2\" class=\"output-sentence\"><span class=\"css-x5hiaf\"><span id=\"output-sentence~2\"><span data-testid=\"output-sentence-2\"><span id=\"output-phrase~2~0\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">According\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">to\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~1\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">him,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~2\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">more\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-rh820s\">than\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~3\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">two\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~4\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">dozen\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~5\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">video\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~6\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">traps\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~7\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">showed\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~8\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-0\">snow\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~9\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-0\">leopards&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"output-phrase~2~10\" class=\"css-1m8t0fv\"><span class=\"css-rh820s\">existence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5233\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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