Protecting snow leopards on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Beautiful predator: A snow leopard is pictured in a canyon in Zadoi County of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai province. — Xinhua

Kungari, a herdsman in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China’s Qinghai province, embarked on yet another climb along a steep mountain ridge to check on the infrared camera he had installed to monitor wildlife.

He took out the memory card and started flipping through the photos.