Xining, March 3, Xining (Luo Yunpeng, Zhang Jianhua) The Qinghai Province Qilian Mountain Nature Conservation Association introduced on the 3rd that the photographer signed a clear image of a snow leopard with an infrared camera at the Shagel Mountain in Haiyan County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. This is the first time in this area.
Snow leopard is known as the "barometer for the health of high-altitude ecosystems", and its distribution area spans 12 countries including China and Kazakhstan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Mongolia. At present, China is the world's largest snow leopard distribution country, covering its 60% of the habitat.
The video screenshot is a clear image of a snow leopard taken by an infrared camera on Xiager Mountain, Haiyan County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
"Every time we started from our residence at 4 or 5 am, walked on the glacier for more than an hour and arrived at the shooting location, and set up an infrared camera." Jiu Cang, a manager of the forest and grass bureau of Haiyan County, Qinghai Province, said Every other week, I will go to see if the snow leopard image is taken, but the previous shots are very blurred.
The infrared camera that captured the clear moving image of the snow leopard was purchased by the photographer Qiu Cangcailang of the Qilian Mountain Nature Conservation Association of Qinghai Province, Hai Qing, a staff member of the Haiyan County Government, and Xiu Cang, the administrator of the Forestry and Grass Bureau of Haiyan County. .
尕 Buzang said, "From the perspective of the walking state of the snow leopard, his left hind leg may be injured and he walked for a while. We will continue to observe this snow leopard and other snow leopards in the future."
The video screenshot is a clear image of a snow leopard taken by an infrared camera on Xiager Mountain, Haiyan County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
It is understood that since the Qilian Mountain National Park Qinghai Provincial Administration started monitoring snow leopards in May 2017, it has obtained a large number of rare wild animal images such as snow leopards. It has also monitored five rare snow leopard frames in the world that are rare in the world and appear for the first time in the country.
"I am extremely proud to see the traces of rare wild animal activities in my hometown, which shows that the ecological environment in our hometown is getting better and better, and wild animals can survive and grow," said Rinpozo.
Qianbu Zangcailang has been engaged in wildlife protection in the hinterland of the Qilian Mountains. At the end of 2019, he had taken the motion pictures of the endangered cats-desert cats, and it is also the clearest positive image of desert cats taken in the Qilian Mountains so far. (Finish)