Food For Snow Leopards: Mountain Elk Reintroduced In Kyrgyzstan
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Activists in a nature reserve in central Kyrgyzstan have reintroduced elk in a bid to restore the local ecosystem and preserve snow leopards, who traditionally feed on the elk. Thirty elk from the Altai Mountains were introduced to the area two years ago. Native species of mountain elk were last spotted in the region in the 1950s.