Snow leopards inhabit the remote high mountains of Central Asia, facing welfare pressures from poaching, retaliatory killing, and climate change affecting their prey base.
Retaliatory killing of snow leopards following livestock depredation causes direct population welfare impacts. Snare trapping for other species incidentally injures and kills snow leopards. Prey depletion from unsustainable hunting reduces food availability and forces increased livestock predation, intensifying human conflict.