Poaching in the Pamir
Tajikistan's Pamir mountains are home to Marco polo sheep, ibex, and markhor which are the primary prey species for snow leopards. Extensive poaching of these animals by locals have forced snow leopards to prey on villagers' livestock, resulting in the killing of these cats. This photograph is of a large pile of ibex horns and skulls located on a roadside in the Pamir mountains.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Solmaz Mohadjer (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
5.0 MB
Aspect
4:3
Width
4320 px
Height
3240 px
Brand
Canon
Model
PowerShot SX150 IS
Exposure
15 mm f/4.5 1/800 s ISO 80
Tint
Light gray
Submitted
24 October 2014
Taken
2 August 2014
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