I was pleased to see an article in the press recently (see end of post for link) that reported that the numbers of snow leopards had now gone up just sufficiently for the species to removed from the endangered list.

My novel "The Dragunov Deception" whilst first and last a thriller, is also, in a small way, a commentary about the plight of the Amur Tiger of Siberia and the snow leopard of the Himalayas. After reading "The Snow Leopard" by Peter Matthiessen a very long time ago, I knew I had to go to the Himalayas and realised this in the 1990's when I was able to spend time in Bhutan.

It was there, whilst trekking to remote Buddhist monasteries, that I got an idea that became the basis for "The Dragunov Deception".

http://www.independent.co.uk/environm...