Free-ranging dogs kill more livestock in India’s Spiti region than snow leopards and wolves. Now, conservationists and local communities are teaming up to contain the canines and protect local wildlife and livelihoods.
Category: India
Snow Leopard Enterprises Expands Into India
The handicraft-for-conservation program Snow Leopard Enterprises (SLE) has been a success in Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan, generating a total of close to $1 million in sales to date. And still, there is room for growth.
Why It Matters What Your Neighbors Think
The future of the snow leopard depends in no small part on how the people who share the cat’s habitat view the predator in their midst. A new study by Snow Leopard Trust researchers reveals previously hidden, collective factors that shape these views.
Reaching Out To Women
How Women Play a Special Role in Increasing Protection for Snow Leopards
Summer Snow Leopard Frenzy in India
The summer field season is a time when our India field team sheds their sub-zero coats, and busily makes the most of the warm weather. Here’s a quick look at what they have planned for the short, but intense summer season!
A View to a Kill
See the first ever photos of a snow leopard’s successful hunt and read photographer Adam Riley’s thrilling account of the unforgettable experience! During a snow leopard viewing expedition in India’s Hemis National Park, wildlife photographer Adam Riley was able to observe – and take photos of – a cat hunting and killing a blue sheep. …
Stunning Wild Snow Leopard Pics from India
This beautiful wild snow leopard’s path led it past one of the research cameras our Indian team had deployed in the rugged mountains of Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. photos by NCF India/Snow Leopard Trust/Himachal Pradesh Forest Department. These endangered cats have become increasingly rare in the last decades. Their famously elusive nature makes snow leopards …
Groundbreaking Snow Leopard Study Planned In India
Starting in 2014, the Snow Leopard Trust will partner with NCF India and the Himashal Pradesh Forest Department on a groundbreaking long-term snow leopard study in the Indian Himalayas.
Would You Like Some Conservation With Your Fries?
by Siri Okamoto, Development Director, Snow Leopard Trust In 2011, I visited Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL (USA). I was in line for french fries in 90-degree weather along with a pressing throng of local and international tourists. They were all melting and trying to get through line as quickly as possible with …
Snow Leopard Researcher Charu Mishra nominated for 2014 Indianapolis Prize
Dr. Charudutt (Charu) Mishra, the Snow Leopard Trust’s Science and Conservation Director and a trustee of India’s Nature Conservation Foundation, is among an elite list of nominees for the 2014 Indianapolis Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious conservation awards. The nomination recognizes Charu Mishra’s outstanding contributions to endangered species conservation in the Himalayas.