Insuring the Future of the Snow Leopard

In the trackless wilds of the Himalaya, an ecologist is using insurance to save one of the world’s most threatened animals from extinction. Shepherds in the Himalayan Mountains of Baltistan, in northern Pakistan, have long hated the snow leopard. Half the Balti economy comes from domesticated goats that are preyed upon by the snow leopard, largely because its traditional wild food – the