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Saving the Snow Leopard of Afghanistan | Essentials

Saving the Snow Leopard of Afghanistan

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Not for the military, but for wildlife organizations that want to track down the most elusive big cat on the planet: The snow leopard of Afghanistan. “This was my Holy Grail for animals I wanted to catch,” he said. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and USAID challenged Smith, a fourth-generation big-cat trapper from Idaho, to capture and collar a snow leopard in Afghanistan in just 20 days. “They’re borderline mythical, legendary,” Smith said. “If you can’t look at a snow leopard and appreciate it for what it is and the terrain it survives in, you’re missing something. ” It’s estimated that only 100 to 200 snow leopards are left in Afghanistan and that only 2,000 are left in the entire world. Poachers target these highly-endangered predators for their pelts and farmers will kill them for attacking their livestock.

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Smith

Overall Sentiment: -0.127805

Relevance: 0.573962

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-0.0374178“They’re borderline mythical, legendary,” Smith said. ...
0.121665“They’re borderline mythical, legendary,” Smith said. “If you can’t look at a snow leopard and appreciate it for what it is and the terrain it survives in, you’re missing something.”
0“Trapping is a game of odds,” Smith said. ...
0“Trapping is a game of odds,” Smith said. “We’re trying to predict the exact spot a cat would put his foot.”
-0.0609181“We feel a responsibility for an animal we’ve collared,” Smith said. ...
0“We feel a responsibility for an animal we’ve collared,” Smith said. “We’ve taken some liberties with it, obviously, and we’re justifying that because of what we’re going to gain back in the big picture of conservation.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 6
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0233291
  • Mean: 0.0038881833333333
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Peter Zahler

Overall Sentiment: 0.234898

Relevance: 0.228437

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0.209344“If they can’t manage that land… and the wildlife and the resources that are found there, they can’t survive,” said Peter Zahler, ...
0.128965“If they can’t manage that land… and the wildlife and the resources that are found there, they can’t survive,” said Peter Zahler, the assistant director of WCS-Asia. “If they can’t survive, you can never have sustainability and stability in a country like Afghanistan.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.338309
  • Mean: 0.1691545
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Hussain Ali

Overall Sentiment: 0.0597073

Relevance: 0.211582

John Goodrich

Overall Sentiment: -0.0440172

Relevance: 0.200275

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Country: Afghanistan

Overall Sentiment: 0.077227

Relevance: 0.91186

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