SEYMOUR – The Seymour Public Library hosts Dr. Richard Benfield for a free, in-person talk, In the Throne of the Mountain Gods; a Journey to Mount Everest in Search of Snow Leopards and Adventure on Tues., July 11, 2023 at 6:30PM. Registration is not required.
The Himalayan Snow Leopard is the most mysterious, most enigmatic and the most poorly understood of all the large cats. Inhabiting mountain terrain above 15,000, the Snow Leopard is rarely seen and rarely photographed. In fact, there are only three individuals in the world today studying the cat full time. As a result, conservation agencies, Panthera and The Snow Leopard Trust amongst them, rely on citizen scientists to do basic research to add to the body of knowledge on this elusive cat.
Join us at the library as we hear of the series of trips into the Himalayas and the mountains of Central Asia, most recently- to Everest base camp – the roof of the world — in search of the cat with Dr Richard Benfield, retired Chair of the CCSU Geography department and a Snow Leopard researcher.
This presentation is free and all are welcome. Registration is not required. The Seymour Public Library is located at 46 Church St., Seymour, CT 06483. Please call the library at 203 – 888-3903 or email [email protected] for more information.
