by aritha | Aug 1, 2015 | Snow-leopard-blog
Afghanistan has identified the Wakhan snow leopard landscape to be secured under the GSLEP program. Since 2009, more than 5,000 snow leopard pictures have been taken there on camera traps. These pictures are currently being analyzed and should yield a population...
by aritha | Jul 10, 2015 | Snow-leopard-blog
Pakistan is ready to work with Nepal for protection and conservation of snow leopard and its habitat in the region and elsewhere in the world. This was said by Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator Mushahidullah Khan in response to the congratulation letter of...
by aritha | Jul 4, 2015 | Snow-leopard-blog
GPS location data show a Mongolian snow leopard tracing the paw marks of another male cat that used to live in the same mountain range. Earlier this year, a new male snow leopard became part of our long-term study into these cats’ behavior in Mongolia as our field...
by aritha | Jul 4, 2015 | Snow-leopard-blog
Kashif Syed has just joined our Pakistan partner organization, the Snow Leopard Foundation, as Communications Coordinator. In his first report for us, he sheds light on why live snow leopards are once again considered to be valuable by communities in Chitral. Welcome...
by aritha | Jun 24, 2015 | Snow-leopard-blog
Love has found a way to prevail at Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington with the recent birth of two female snow leopard cubs from cats Rilu and Hima, who were first introduced back in 2012. “I have worked with many carnivore pairs,” Zoo Curator Jonathan Reding said. “From...
by aritha | Jun 10, 2015 | Snow-leopard-blog
Wildlife conservation experts in Nepal say they have made a significant advance by fitting a satellite collar on a second snow leopard in the Kanchenjunga Himalayan region. Despite many attempts, it is nearly two years since they first fitted a leopard with a tracking...