The Republic of India proposed the creation of an International Alliance of Big Cats in 2023 during the BRICS Leaders' summit in Johannesburg. The call for joint work to further promote the conservation and protection of the most vulnerable feline species was supported by the leaders of the countries at the XVI summit of the association in Kazan.
Today at KazanForum, Tatarstan Ecology Minister Alexander Shadrikov spoke at the session "In the footsteps of the snow leopard: the disappearance and restoration of rare animal species".