On the evening of December 31, 2022, at the Jiangjun Mountain Ski Resort in Altay, Xinjiang, a gray-white snow leopard crawled in the snow, or walked slowly around the ski resort, and then walked through the guardrail of the ski resort, walking like flying...

　　This scene was photographed by the staff of the ski resort, and it sparked heated discussions on the social network: "I laughed so hard, a novice can learn to snowboard in a second." At the same time, some netizens were concerned about the safety and habitat of snow leopards, "It's human beings. Intruded into the home of the snow leopard."

　　On the afternoon of January 2, Chen Yang, the manager of Altay Jiangjun Mountain Ski Resort, told reporters that there were tourists who spotted snow leopards on December 30 last year. At 8 o'clock in the evening, the staff of our ski resort caught one, which is the one in the video."

　　"At that time, our staff was 3 to 5 meters away from it. We were inside the safety net of the snow track, and it was outside the safety net at that time." Chen Yang introduced that foxes and other animals had been found in the snow resort before, "but this is the first time a snow leopard Find".

After discovering the snow leopard, the ski resort immediately reported to the relevant departments, and added security personnel to patrol around the ski resort.

　　As for why snow leopards appear around the ski resort?

Chen Yang believes that, on the one hand, it is because of the integrity of the ecological environment and food chain in the Altai region that they can come here; secondly, it should be because the snow is relatively heavy this year, "what if they come out to look for food?"

　　According to public information, the snow leopard known as the "King of Snow Mountain" is a national first-class protected animal, and Xinjiang is its main distribution area.

　　"As the top predator in the alpine ecosystem, the snow leopard is crucial to maintaining the health and biodiversity of the alpine ecosystem." Li Xiaoyun, head of wildlife rescue at the Altay Nature Conservation Association, said in an interview with local media that large carnivorous wild animals Animals generally have relatively fixed territories. If they leave their territories, they may be expelled from their own territories by their own kind, or because snow leopards cannot find enough food in their territories, or snow leopards that have not yet matured are looking for territories everywhere.

　　Chen Yang said that at present, the local forestry police, forestry bureau and other departments have intervened. "We have also contacted the experts and will carry out the snow rescue work according to the experts' guidance."

　　According to news from Xinjiang Daily Pomegranate Cloud, on the morning of January 1, Altay City set up an emergency team composed of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Government Office, Environmental Protection Bureau and other departments to arrange the next step.

Relevant personnel from the local Forestry and Grassland Bureau, Forest Public Security and the Altay Nature Conservation Association have rushed to the scene to check the snow leopard's activities through monitoring, and contacted the authority on wildlife protection in the autonomous region to scientifically study and judge the specific plan for snow leopard protection.

　　Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Li Wentao Sun Zhao