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International Snow Leopard Day

Every year on October 23, the world celebrates the most elusive big cat on Earth. High in the Himalayas and the mountains of Central Asia roams the snow leopard, the ghost of the mountains, and this day marks the promise twelve nations made to keep it roaming forever.

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Marks the Bishkek Declaration, signed October 23, 2013, at the first Global Forum on the Conservation of the Snow Leopard in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
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3 ways to celebrate

IN THE COMMUNITY

Support snow leopard conservation

Donate to a snow leopard conservation organization in honor of October 23. Your gift funds camera traps, ranger patrols, and habitat protection.

AT HOME

Host a mountain movie night

Watch a snow leopard documentary with family and share wow facts: they leap 50 feet in a single bound and cannot roar. Turn it into a spot-the-snow-leopard game for kids.

WITH FRIENDS

Share the ghost's story

Post your favorite snow leopard fact online or bring the story of the twelve Bishkek Declaration countries into a classroom. Awareness is conservation's first step.

Plan ahead

International Snow Leopard Day is observed on October 23 every year. Here is where it lands for the next ten years, handy for planners, marketers and party people.

2026Fri, Oct 23this year
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2028Mon, Oct 23
2029Tue, Oct 23
2030Wed, Oct 23
2031Thu, Oct 23
2032Sat, Oct 23
2033Sun, Oct 23
2034Mon, Oct 23
2035Tue, Oct 23
2036Thu, Oct 23

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Fast facts

12Range countries pledged to protect the cat, and 2015 was declared the International Year of the Snow Leopard.
An estimated 3,500 to 7,000 snow leopards remain in the wild across the high mountains of Central and South Asia.

The story

Twelve countries, one historic declaration, and a cat so elusive it vanishes into the mountainside. This is how a ghost got its own day.

Read the full story

You do not need mountain boots to celebrate this day. Here are three ways to honor the ghost of the mountains.

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