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POPSDespite 2002 Hunting Ban, Snow Leopard Furs Being Sold As Souvenirs In Kabul U.S. soldiers joke with a snow leopard skin sample during an awareness programme at a military base in Kabul May 25, 2008. Afghanistan's snow leopards have barely survived three decades of war. But now the few remaining mountain leopards left in Afghanistan face another threat -- foreigners involved in rebuilding the war-torn country. Despite a complete hunting ban across Afghanistan since 2002, snow leopard furs regularly end up for sale on international military bases and at tourist bazaars in the capital. Foreigners have ready cash to buy the pelts as souvenirs and impoverished Afghans break poaching laws to supply them. Picture taken May 25, 2008. To match feature AFGHAN-SNOWLEOPARDS/ REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN) AFGHAN-SNOWLEOPARDS/ KABUL Afghanistan 6/27/2008
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POPSHungry Snow Leopard Did you know that this animal in 1 year eat: 5 sheeps, 9 Tibetan woolly hares, 25 marmots, 5 domestic goats, 1 domestic sheep, and 15 birds.
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POPSNew Apple OS Takes Aim At Offices For all of Apple's successes in recent years, the company has still failed to significantly increase the use of its OS in workplaces -- Windows is still far and away the most popular system for companies. So it makes sense for Steve Jobs to target those customers in the future.
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POPSVillagers kill female bear and two cubs (part two) Now this is downright wrong. Snow leopards (as the article states) are severely endangered. We need to work to protect them so they do not disappear from this earth. Those villagers should not have killed the snow leopard or the bears.
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