Asia’s Snow Leopards Threatened by Growing Himalayan Military Contest

Ghosts of the mountains could be fading in a blizzard of ill-planned roads and other infrastructure

By: Gregory McCann

Snow leopards, the big cats found throughout 12 countries of the Himalayas, the Karakoram, and other high mountains throughout Central Asia, are facing unprecedented threat in the form of the Chinese and Indian competition for primacy in the high Himalayan mountains. Armies for both are punching in roads up to 8 meters wide that can ac…