Camera Trap Photography – Pakistan
This series of camera trap photographs was taken at 8pm on a cold January evening in the Baltistan region of Pakistan.
![Camera Trap – Pakistan – BWCDO/SLC](https://snowleopardconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Pakistan-1-1024x634.jpg)
![Camera Trap – Pakistan – BWCDO/SLC](https://snowleopardconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Pakistan-2-1024x634.jpg)
On first glance, it appears that a snow leopard mother and cub are making their way along a path. But is there something in the background? Another cub perhaps?
![Camera Trap – Pakistan – BWCDO/SLC](https://snowleopardconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Pakistan-5A-1024x634.jpg)
![Camera Trap – Pakistan – BWCDO/SLC](https://snowleopardconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Pakistan-6-1024x634.jpg)
The “eye-shine” effect seen in the second cub’s eyes is due to a feature of the eye called the tapetum lucidum. It reflects light back through the retina a second time, which enhances a cat’s ability to see at night.
![Camera Trap – Pakistan – BWCDO/SLC](https://snowleopardconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Pakistan-7-1024x634.jpg)
![Camera Trap – Pakistan – BWCDO/SLC](https://snowleopardconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Pakistan-3-1024x634.jpg)
What a joy to see these two almost fully-grown snow leopard cubs and to acknowledge their mother’s diligence and devotion to seeing them through to adulthood.
![Camera Trap – Pakistan – BWCDO/SLC](https://snowleopardconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Pakistan-4-1024x634.jpg)
![Camera Trap – Pakistan – BWCDO/SLC](https://snowleopardconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Pakistan-8-1024x634.jpg)