Conservationists say poachers kill a lot of snow leopards for their fur. (Image Courtesy WWF)

Image courtesy: WWF India

Image courtesy: WWF India

Wild snow leopards, famously camera shy and highly elusive, have been photographed for the first time in Sikkim.One of the four big cats that are found in India, snow leopards inhabit the upper reaches of the Himalayas and are considered highly endangered.A study by the World Wide Fund-India has found first tangible evidence of the Snow Leopard inhabiting the high mountains of northern Sikkim.Conservationists say poachers kill a lot of snow leopards for their fur and no real population estimates exist of the animal since it lives in such inhospitable terrains.