March 31, 2022
A prayer for conservation: Turning Chushul’s wolf-trapping pits into stupas
Here’s how wildlife conservationists in Ladakh’s Chushul village worked with the locals to neutralise traditional wolf-trapping pits.
Karma Sonam hails from Rumptse village in Ladakh. He helped set up Nature Conservation Foundation’s High-Altitude Programme in Ladakh in 2005. As the field manager he mobilises community-based conservation efforts across eastern Ladakh, covering at least 19 communities spread over approximately 17,000 square kilometres.