Bishkek, Oct. 23, 2025 /Kabar/. There are about 7 thousand snow leopards in the world, Chingiz Kochorov, Director of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem protection program told Birinchi Radio.
According to him, however, it is impossible to determine the exact number of snow leopards. Because snow leopards also live in mountainous areas that are inaccessible to humans and rarely studied. Observing and counting them is a very difficult process.
Therefore, it is impossible to say the exact number, but we are taking approximate figures as a basis. Interstate meeting on snow leopard protection is held annually. At the meeting, each country shares its own census methodology. Each country's census methodology is analyzed. Thanks to the analysis, we developed a methodology that is convenient for us and conducted a census based on it, he said. He added that according to the last census, there are more than 500 snow leopards in the country. However, let me emphasize once again that this is not an exact number. It is an estimated number, he noted.