Tail raised, a snow leopard, likely marking its territory, is caught in the act by a camera trap on April 14, 2009, in easternAfghanistan's mountainous Wakhan Corridor.
Four of five traps placed throughout the rugged region--a narrow strip that straddles Tajikistan to the north and Pakistan to the south--photographed different snow leopards on several occasions The relatively large number of sightings are promising for the animal, which is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Once found throughout the high altitudes of Central Asia, the cats are thought to number only about a hundred in Afghanistan, conservationists say.
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