A 1,500-square-kilometer area of Mongolia’s Gurvansaikhan Mountains is home to multiple snow leopards and young, according to a first glance at photographs from last spring’s research cameras.
Category: Conservation Around the World
News about conservation around the world.
People have begun viewing snow leopards in a positive light
Our field coordinators in Spiti, India, talk about the impact of their work on the local community.
“People have begun viewing snow leopards in a positive light”
What’s the most important rule for any conservationist working with rural communities to protect wildlife? To be present! In our program countries, we have dedicated field staff who spend weeks, and sometimes months, living with the communities we partner with; changing minds and hearts, and laying the groundwork for successful snow leopard conservation.
Udayan Rao Pawar: The Teenage Explorer
A teenage wildlife photographer travels from India to Kyrgyzstan in search of the perfect shot (from his camera!)
Freeman Family Award for Sumbe Tomorsukh
Mongolian snow leopard researcher Sumbe Tomorsukh has been posthumously awarded the Freeman Family Snow Leopard Conservation Award, one of the most prestigious honors in the field, for his outstanding efforts to save this endangered cat.
From the Heart of Snow Leopard Country into your Home
We’re excited to introduce a new line of super-cute pet products to our Snow Leopard Enterprise product family. These beautiful handicraft items are “Handmade by Snow Leopard Communities” – and any purchase you make directly helps protect these endangered cats. But what does that really mean? And how does it help? Find out; as we …
Cubs Are Growing Up
One of our research cameras in Kyrgyzstan’s Sarychat-Ertash Nature Reserve recently picked up this beautiful sequence of a wild snow leopard mother with three cubs. Analysis of spot patterns later revealed that these are the same cats we had seen the previous year, when the cubs were still tiny. “It’s great to see these cubs …
Wild Brown Bear Family Filmed
The mountain wilderness of Sarychat Ertash, in Kyrgyzstan’s majestic Tian Shan mountains, is home to a rich and diverse fauna, which includes the endangered snow leopard, but also brown bears, lynx, and many other species. One of our research cameras – deployed in the area to catch glimpses of the elusive snow leopard – recently …
Snow Leopard Conservation Highlights & Best Pics of 2015
Over the course of the year, we have experienced excitement, triumph, tragedy and hope in our fight for the future of the snow leopard Through all of it, your incredible support has remained the rock-solid foundation that our work is built upon.
GSLEP Meeting in Paris: Climate Change Impacts on Snow Leopards and Their Habitat
The Global Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP), a joint initiative by all 12 Central and South Asian that are home to this endangered big cat, held a meeting in Paris on Monday, December 7, 2015, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21).