PAKISTAN VOX POP – SHOULD SNOW LEOPARD CONSERVATION BE INCREASED?
May 1st, 2007
BY SAEED AKHTAR BALOCH, in Lahore, PakistanFACED with a shrinking habitat, commercial pressures are threatening that most elusive of big cats, Pakistan's snow leopards. Their hides are coveted in the Middle East; their bones, nails and other parts are used in traditional Chinese medicines. Illicit trades are uncontrolled, because of weak vigilance by frontier guards. But do Pakistanis think this beautiful predator should be better protected?Qurban Ali Balti, 35, office worker, Khas Siksa, Skardu, Gunchee district, Baltistan"People's lust for money appears the ...
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