This is definitely one of my favourite Wildlife pieces, Mountain Spirit. It's World Snow Leopard day today. A day to raise awareness of the vulnerability of these rare and elusive creatures and their fragile habitat. Living high in the central Asian mountains between 3,000 and 4,500m, Snow Leopards live a hard life, and need large territories to sustain their small populations. Human activities such as poaching, mining, and farmers protecting their livestock, as well as climate change and the loss of their prey animals, are having a devastating effect on their already-small numbers. Only a few thousand Snow Leopards now remain in the wild, and even amongst locals they are rarely seen, earning themselves the nickname ‘Ghost of the Mountains‘. Limited edition prints available Read more here https://www.wildlifeportraitartist.com/portfolio/world-snow-leopard-day-23-october/ #internationalsnowleopardday #worldsnowleopardday #snowleopard #leopard #endangered #ProtectWildlife #vulnerable #protect #wildlifeconservation