LALITPUR, Nepal As the gates to the vet clinic at the Central Zoo in Lalitpur opened, more than two dozen photojournalists thronged the facility and surrounded a metal cage aiming their DSLR cameras at a snow leopard (Panthera uncia) inside. “Please don’t come close to the animal,” the zoo’s vet, Radha Krishna Gharti, told […]
On January 23, locals in Charghare, Urlabari Municipality-1, saw a Snow Leopard, also known as 'Mountain Ghost,' which is found above 3000 metres and is listed as a vulnerable animal by the Nepal Government.
KATHMANDU Until Tuesday afternoon for residents of Urlabari town in the eastern plains of Nepal, snow leopards (Panthera uncia) were animals they knew little about. The leopards they knew well were their cousins, the common leopards (Panthera pardus) that visit the town regularly and sometimes attack their livestock. But snow leopards are nof the […]
KATHMANDU As Hindus around the world celebrate the festival of lights, also known as Diwali or Deepavali, the Nepali variation of the event sees the faithful venerate their dogs as protectors and loyal human companions. On the second day of the five-day Tihar festival, devotees adorn their canid friends with garlands and feed them […]