Hi

This was posted in April Water media challenge:

Watercolour – Snow Leopard – Panthera Uncia
Ink
9 x 15 in

You may wonder about the monk and monastery?

Snow Leopards are listed as endangered since 1972. Their habitat is not only suffering degradation, there is also the constant threat from poachers (skins / furs). In the Sanjiangyuan region (China Qinghai province on Tibetan Plateau) 46% of monasteries are located in snow leopard habitat, of which 90% are within 5 kms. Buddhist monks will not kill and are playing a significant role in conservation of snow leopards, and also patrolling and educating local people who share these remote regions with these “ghosts of the mountains”.