Ten years ago, on a chilly night, Imtiaz Ahmed, woke up from a deep sleep. He could hear faint cries from the backyard of his house in Sost’s Nazimabad village, Gilgit-Baltistan. It was the time of year when the winter was easing off and the weather had started hinting at spring. When Ahmed stepped out, wrapped in a shawl, he was scarcely aware how the next five hours would change his life forever. In the livestock pen, a snow leopard was slaughtering and eating a dozen of his sheep. Ahmed was able to capture 15 seconds of the majestic animal with his camera – one of the first pieces of digital evidence of the existence of snow leopards in the remote north of Pakistan. Snow leop.
Ten years ago, on a chilly night, Imtiaz Ahmed, woke up from a deep sleep. He could hear faint cries from the backyard of his house in Sost’s Nazimabad village, Gilgit-Baltistan. It was the time of year when the winter was easing off and the weather had started hinting at spring. When Ahmed stepped out, wrapped in a shawl, he was scarcely aware how the next five hours would change his life forever. In the livestock pen, a snow leopard was slaughtering and eating a dozen of his sheep. Ahmed was able to capture 15 seconds of the majestic animal with his camera – one of the first pieces of digital evidence of the existence of snow leopards in the remote north of Pakistan. Snow leop.