Human-wildlife conflict is a pertinent problem whenever animal conservation is involved. This is due to the fact that in many cases, the underlying need for conservation is due to the inability to solve conflicts between the interest of the two parties. There are 3 types of human-animal relationships:

Mutualistic: when both organisms (human or animals) benefit from the relationship.

Parasitic: when one organism (humans or animals) benefit at the expense of the other. An example would be house pests.

Commensal: when one organism (humans or animals) benefit but leaving the other organism unharmed.

The relationship that humans and snow leopards share now can be seen as a parasitic relationship due to the conflict of interests that exists between them.

The human-wildlife conflict between humans and snow leopards is evident in the case of habitat fragmentation. This threat faced by the leopards are due to the inevitable clash of interest between using land to cater to the increasing consumption and needs of a growing human population and using the same plot as home for the snow leopards. Similarly, livestock seen as the main source of income for many farmers are also a vital source of food for the snow leopards.

Due to the inability to solve such conflicts, one party will be at the losing end, which in this case are the snow leopards due to their inability to voice their opinions. thus, in order to avoid this, when decisions are made, we as humans will have to take into consideration the well-being of the leopards and attempt to achieve a more commensal or mutualistic relationship.