File photo of a snow leopard in Kyrgyzstan. As few as 4,000 of the big cats could be left in the high mountains of Asia, according to the World Wildlife Fund. (AFP/Vyacheslav OSELEDKO)

SHIMLA, India: A rare snow leopard captured as it savaged livestock in a remote village in the Indian Himalaya will be sent to a zoo instead of being released, officials said on Sunday (May 3), triggering outrage from activists.