Snow Leopard: Stories from the Roof of the World

Contents

— vii — CONTENTS Foreword: Out of White xi Robert Bateman Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: Giving Voice to the Snow Leopard 1 Don hunter On Meeting a Snow Leopard 13 George B. Schaller Face-to-Face with Shan 21 Joseph L. fox Tracks of My Soul 25 Jan E. Janecka C o n t e n t s — viii — Kashmir 33 helen freeman From Rice Fields to Snowfields 45 yash veer Bhatnagar Death of a Bharal 51 mitchell Kelly An Accord of Hope 63 Avaantseren Bayarjargal Tears of the Karakorum 69 Ashiq Ahmad Khan The Pelt Smuggler 75 Shafqat hussain Two Snow Leopards, My Father, and Me 83 Ali Abutalip Dahashof Happy Days 89 Evgeniy P . Kashkarov Raising Sheru 95 Nasier A. Kitchloo Cubs 103 tom mcCarthy Epiphany 113 Kyle mcCarthy Pangje 121 Som B. Ale November 13 129 Peter matthiessen C o n t e n t s — ix — Winter at Chörten Nyima 135 Darla hillard The Spirit of Baga Bogd 141 Rodney Jackson Gobi Magic 151 Don hunter Legends of Zanskar 165 Rinchen Wangchuk Magic Valley 171 helen freeman Organizations and Related Websites 175 Further Reading 179 Biographical Notes 181 Illustration Credits 189 ...