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The female snow leopard, named Darya, permanently lives in the Republic of Tuva, but in the spring we recorded that Darya was paired with a male named Sayan, who came from the Sayano-Shushensky Nature Reserve. In the summer, the scientists at the reserve "lost" Darya, as if she was avoiding camera traps and was not captured by cameras in Tuva. Then we increased the number of camera traps and the area covered by photo monitoring, and in September we unexpectedly received footage of Darya’s kittens in the Khan-Deer cluster. This is a great joy for us! "Daria is not only alive and well, but also gave birth to offspring.
Diinmey Balban-ool, director of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina Nature Reserve.