Formation | 1981 |
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Founder | Helen Elaine Freeman |
Type | Nonprofit |
91-1144119 | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
Focus | Snow leopard conservation |
Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
Region | China, India, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, and Pakistan |
Membership | 2500 |
Board President | Rhetick Sengupta |
Executive Director | Charudutt "Charu" Mishra, PhD |
Rhetick Sengupta; Gayle Podrabsky; Gary Podrabsky; Barbara Blywise; Lisa Dabek, PhD; Todd George; Jed Gorden, MD; James Platts; Brad Rutherford; Stephen Sparrow | |
Website | snowleopard |
The Snow Leopard Trust is the largest and oldest organization working solely to protect the endangered snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and its habitat in 12 countries of Central Asia. The trust is a non-profit organization with its headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The present total population of snow leopards in the wild is estimated at between 3,920 and 6,390.[1]