International Snow Leopard Day is celebrated every year on 23 October.

Category : Important Days Published on: October 24 2023

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International Snow Leopard Day is celebrated every year on 23 October to promote the conservation of snow leopard.
Snow leopard is the state animal of Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh.
Snow leopards are declining in numbers due to poaching for their skins and human traffic in the higher Himalayas in recent years.
Snow leopards are found at an altitude of 3000 to 4500 meters in areas like Nanda Devi Biodiversity Area, Gangotri National Park, Askot Wildlife Sanctuary etc.
Snow leopard is also called the 'ghost of the mountains'.
The snow leopard is listed as Vulnerable in the IUCN Red List.
Celebrating this day was started with the Bishkek Declaration of the year 2013.
Project Snow Leopard was started by the Government of India in the year 2009.