Snow leopard's leg trapped in steel trap jaws captured in 'Heartbreaking footage'
Man made devices are 'one of many threats to this elusive big cat'
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Your support makes all the difference.This heartbreaking footage shows a snow leopard limping in arctic conditions in Mongolia with a steel jaw trap clamped to its leg.
The video clip has been shared by WWF UK in a bid to raise awareness over the problems animals can face in the wild.
Filmed by a camera trap in 2013 the organisation fear the animal would have died as a result of its injuries and inability to hunt.
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