During the week prior to July 12, 2005, the WWF - Pakistan started receiving news that a goat herder and his family in the Nalter region of the Northern Areas, about a two hours drive over rough roads from Gilgit, were giving shelter to an orphaned snow leopard cub. Then the goat heard himself, acting on his own initiative, approached the WWF - Pakistan for their help. There were conflicting stories about how the cub was orphaned. This cub was a loss to the wild as such losses exert immense pressure on the already declining wild population of the snow leopards.
Snow Leopard Project of WWF - Pakistan Getting upclose and personal with the Snow Leopard
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WWF - Pakistan , Gilgit Office staff, Sajid, who could understand the local Shina language, visited the village and was able to find out that the cub was alive. He discovered that the cub was being kept in a storage shed. He would sit on grain bags or sometimes played with the goat herder's children, who treated him gently and with care. Occasionally, the cub would even sleep with them, especially close to one of the child's head. It was, however, doubtful if continued survival was possible despite the best efforts of the goat herder and his family.
During the week prior to July 12, 2005, the WWF - Pakistan started receiving news that a goat herder and his family in the Nalter region of the Northern Areas, about a two hours drive over rough roads from Gilgit, were giving shelter to an orphaned snow leopard cub. Then the goat heard himself, acting on his own initiative, approached the WWF - Pakistan for their help. There were conflicting stories about how the cub was orphaned. This cub was a loss to the wild as such losses exert immense pressure on the already declining wild population of the snow leopards.
WWF - Pakistan , Gilgit Office staff, Sajid, who could understand the local Shina language, visited the village and was able to find out that the cub was alive. He discovered that the cub was being kept in a storage shed. He would sit on grain bags or sometimes played with the goat herder's children, who treated him gently and with care. Occasionally, the cub would even sleep with them, especially close to one of the child's head. It was, however, doubtful if continued survival was possible despite the best efforts of the goat herder and his family.
