Three snow leopards captured by camera in Qinghai(1/3)

Three snow leopards are captured eating meat on a mountainous area by a photographer in Tianjun County, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Photo/China News Service)

Known as the "king of snow mountains," the snow leopard is under first-class national protection in China and is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.