ULAN BATOR, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 20 percent of all snow leopards worldwide are in Mongolia, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Mongolia said Monday.
About 953 adult snow leopards, ranging from 806 to 1,127, roam in Mongolia, inhabiting an area of approximately 328,900 square km in Altai, Sayan and Khangai Mountain ranges, said the WWF-Mongolia.
Mongolia is home to the world's second-largest snow leopard population after China, the organization said in a statement on the occasion of the International Snow Leopard Day, which falls on Oct. 23.
To raise awareness for the protection of snow leopards, a fine art exhibition titled "The Land of Snow Leopards" opened on Monday at M-Art Gallery in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, and is expected to run until Sunday. ■
