- Every year on October 23rd, International Snow Leopard Day is observed to encourage snow leopard conservation.
- Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh have snow leopards as their state animals.
- Snow leopard populations have been dropping in recent years due to poaching for their skins and human traffic in the higher Himalayas.
- Snow leopards can be found at elevations ranging from 3000 to 4500 meters in regions such as Nanda Devi Biodiversity Area, Gangotri National Park, Askot Wildlife Sanctuary, and others.
- The ‘ghost of the mountains’ is another name for the snow leopard.
- The IUCN Red List classifies the snow leopard as Vulnerable.
- The celebration of this day began in 2013 with the Bishkek Declaration.
- The Government of India launched Project Snow Leopard in the year
