Was a snow leopard killed in the Hisar state reserve?
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01 May 2023 7978
News spread on social networks that a rare species of snow leopard was shot and killed in Hisar State Reserve, Kashkadarya region. Officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources studied the situation.
During their research, it was uncovered that the information that was spreading on social networks was incorrect and in fact, no snow leopard had been hunted or killed in the Hisar State Reserve.
It is worth noting that the snow leopard (panthera unica) is a rare species in the natural complexes of the "Hisar" state reserve. Currently, it is on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Red Book of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as in Appendix 1 (very high risk of extinction) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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