Help for Snow Leopards ; Till a Few Years Ago, Whenever the People of the Picturesque Kibber Village in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti Valley Discovered That Their Cows and Yaks Were Killed by the Snow Leopard, They Would Try to Poison or Trap the Elusive Cat. But Now a Unique Insurance Scheme for Cattle Protects the Endangered Snow Leopards Which Prey On Them.

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Till a few years ago, whenever the people of the picturesque Kibber village in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti valley discovered that their cows and yaks were killed by the snow leopard, they would try to poison or trap the elusive cat.

Today, however, after every such incident, they merely inform the village community members who then confirm if the preyed animal had a thumbnail-sized numbered metal tag on its ear a proof of insurance and hand them anything between Rs 2,500 and Rs 10,000 as compensation.

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Help for Snow Leopards ; Till a Few Years Ago, Whenever the People of the Picturesque Kibber Village in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti Valley Discovered That Their Cows and Yaks Were Killed by the Snow Leopard, They Would Try to Poison or Trap the Elusive Cat. But Now a Unique Insurance Scheme for Cattle Protects the Endangered Snow Leopards Which Prey On Them.

Thanks to a unique livestock insurance scheme started by the International Snow Leopard Trust (ISLT) and the ...

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