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International Snow Leopard Day - October 23
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- Snow Leopard is called Man’s Best Friend.
- The first International Snow Leopard Day was celebrated in 2014.
- It was proclaimed at the first Global Snow Leopard Forum held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Programme was initiated by Kyrgyzstan Government.
- The programme secures 20 snow leopard landscapes under the “Secure 20 by 2020” initiative.
- India is a signatory of the programme.
- The other countries that have signed the programme are China, Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- All these countries are in the Snow Leopard ranges.
- These countries signed the Bishek Declaration
- The year 2015 was declared as the International Year of Snow Leopard.
- India has 10% of global snow leopard population.
- It is listed in Schedule I of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 in India.
- Project Snow Leopard was launched in 2009 in India.
- The project was launched in states where the population of snow leopard are found.
- They are Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
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