2 snow leopards in camera trap at Khambachene

This year, 34 cameras have been installed for study in the Himalayan area of ​​Paktanglung Rural Municipality-6 Lelep, where snow leopards are estimated to be abundant but the number is not certain. On March 23, two snow leopards were caught in the camera on March 30 at 7:05 PM.

'It seems that both snow leopards are together,' she said on the telephone, 'The camera has captured the whole body of one, while the other one has captured only the tail.' She said that she found out a little late after looking at the memory of the camera one after the other, but her happiness was boundless when she saw the snow leopard. She told that she had to walk for seven/eight hours to reach Ghunsha to share this happiness as there is no communication link in Khambachen.

With the help of World Wildlife Fund Nepal, the Kanchenjunga conservation area has installed cameras this year through the snow leopard conservation sub-committee. Pende Sherpa, Iten Sherpa, Cheten Sherpa and Dandu Sherpa are in the team under the leadership of President Penjokla in Khambachen. Penjokla, Iten and Cheten are women.

20 cameras are placed in 10 places in this area. Two cameras are placed face to face in one place. A group of three people under the leadership of Ngima Tasi Sherpa, secretary of the sub-committee in Ronak area above here, keeps camera traps and regulates them. President Penjokla said that eight camera traps have been placed in four places in this area, while six have been placed in three places in Ghunsa.

There is a team of two people led by treasurer Angjukla Sherpa in Ghunsa. The most number of cameras have been placed in Khambachean area. Snow leopards were trapped in this place before and satellites were installed. According to the sub-committee, cameras have been placed up to 4,800 meters up to a place called Samjok.