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“In the wilderness of Kazakhstan live the last two hundred snow leopards and even those face bleak future because of the masses of the megalomaniac project’s documentation. The loss of snow leopards’ natural habitat in the entire Kazakhstan is mainly dependent on whether the local authorities will respect international agreements signed by the state, i.e. rules of the International Union for Conservation of Nature or the Aarhus Convention. According to the Convention the authorities must allow the public to take part in crucial decisions. Even the people of the Czech Republic may significantly aid in enforcing the rights of local inhabitants and thus help the preservation of one of the world´s most endangered beasts of prey,” Martin Skalský describes Arnika’s Center for Citizens’ Support initiative.
The home of Kazakhstan’s irbis is mainly the Ile-Alatau National Park located south of city Almaty: https://goo.gl/maps/YaSlo
The snow leopard is the best acrobat and jumper among felines. It can leap as far as fifteen metres. Owing to a uniquely shaped nasal cavity not even icy air is a problem – the air is pre-heated. The leopard uses its thick tail as a blanket to cover its body to keep warm. Please, sign the international petition and help us save snow leopard´s home.
The Czech non-governmental organisation joined up with both citizen initiatives in Kazakhstan and professional institutions such as Liberec Zoo. Liberec Zoo is one of the most successful institutions in breeding snow leopards in the Czech Republic and is also involved in international projects for preservation of this magnificent animal. “Liberec Zoo has been breeding the snow leopards since 1987 and in 1990 it was the first in former Czechoslovakia to raise a snow leopard cub. In 2009 we were the only Czech zoo to cooperate on the preservation of these animals in the wild in Mongolia through the Snow Leopard Trust. Snow leopards are without doubt among our most attractive and most sought-after animals,” the director of Liberec Zoo David Nejedlo describes the involvement of the zoo in snow leopard preservation.
Arnika will be discussing the threats to snow leopards for example at the international conference at the turn of July in Maastricht in the Netherlands. Then it will also aid Kazakhstan non-governmental organisations in taking part in the decision-making processes and the impact assessment of the planned tourist resort on the environment, collecting signatures under the international petition and enforcing considerate management of the national park and care for the snow leopard itself to develop sustainable tourism.
