Sad news from the South Gobi: Earlier this month, Mongolian field researcher Sumbee Tomorsukh discovered the carcass of a dead snow leopard. Next to the body, he found the missing GPS radio collar that Ariun, one of the male cats in our study, had been wearing.
Category: Conservation Around the World
News about conservation around the world.
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!
First Pallas' Cat Photos Taken in Kyrgyzstan
The Snow Leopard Trust’s current research camera study of snow leopards in Kyrgyzstan has yielded a pleasant surprise: The first ever pictures of wild Pallas’ cats in Kyrgyzstan!
Four Cats in One Day
Our Chinese field braced the bitter cold of the Tibetan Plateau to set out research cameras and was rewarded with a rare sighting of four snow leopards at once – a mother with two cubs and a male cat. Adapted from a report PhD student Lingyun Xiao Suojia, a township located west of Sanjiangyuan National …
Keeping Cats Out May Keep Them Safe
Working with herders, our team in Mongolia is studying how to best prevent predators like the snow leopard from attacking livestock – a key to a peaceful coexistence of cats and local communities. The first fences have already been built.
Highlighting Conservation Success Stories
Guest post by Peter Thomas, founder of Animus Conservation What is it that makes us want to conserve species, habitats and the nature all around us? For me, as a marine biologist and wildlife enthusiast who’s worked in some truly remote places, it’s a sense of both wonder and responsibility. This planet we inhabit is …
The Value of Trust
Working with communities to conserve wildlife is as impactful as it is rewarding. Gaining people’s trust is no easy task though, as our China researcher Xiao Lingyun writes.
More Fabulous Pics from Kyrgyzstan
Remote-sensor cameras have become a invaluable research tool to monitor wildlife populations. They’re also offering us more and more glimpses into the lives of the elusive snow leopard; bringing the mysterious cat out of the shadows.
Training Park Rangers to Protect Cats
Park rangers in protected areas are a key ally in the fight to better understand and protect the endangered snow leopard. In Mongolia, our local team is training these rangers on how to use monitoring techniques such as surveys, GPS and research cameras.