This is the original watercolor painting of a snow leopard cub. I love the way the cub looks straight on with its piercing eyes. You can also check out the time lapse video of this painting. As mentioned previously, the Snow Leopard is such a beautiful and magnificent cat; they are the kings of the mountains. However, their population is depleting. The sole predators of the snow leopards are humans. Hunting, habitat loss and retaliatory killings are the main reasons this big cat is under threat (source, WWF). Climate change poses perhaps the greatest long term threat to snow leopards. Impacts from climate change could result in a loss of snow leopard habitats (source, WWF).