New study: more wild prey for snow leopards may mean more livestock losses, not less! We’ve all had these evenings, after a long day at work, where we’d just open the fridge and eat whatever we found in there. On a good day, that may have been a pizza. On a bad one, however, …
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The Future of our Long-Term Study in Mongolia
Fast Facts: Panthera has quit the Long Term Ecological Study (LTES) on snow leopards The Snow Leopard Trust will continue the groundbreaking research without interruption We’re planning to expand the study further in 2013
Kyrgyzstan: Major Win for Snow Leopards!
Kyrgyzstan’s snow leopards get a bigger, safer home! The country’s Prime Minister, Jantoro Satybaldiev, has signed a decree expanding the Sarychat-Ertash State Nature Reserve, Kyrgyzstan’s most important snow leopard habitat, by 150 square kilometers. That’s roughly twice the size of Manhattan – an expansion of 12%!
Pakistan: Comprehensive Report on Snow Leopard Distribution in the Works
In 2013, Snow Leopard Trust researchers in Pakistan hope to complete camera trap studies and conflict surveys that will help them paint the most complete picture of snow leopard distribution and conservation status across the country to date. Fast facts: The Snow Leopard Trust’s local partner organization in Pakistan is finalizing the country’s first comprehensive …
Face to Face with Snow Leopards: A Close Encounter in China
A research team from our Chinese partner organization, Shan Shui, was taking a break from exhausting field work in the mountainous Sanjiangyuan region, when Edward, a young Chinese-American volunteer, dropped his binoculars. He climbed back down the steep slope they had just come up to recover them – only to suddenly find himself face to …
Protecting Prey to Protect the Predators
As livestock numbers in northern India grow, some of the snow leopard’s main prey species populations are shrinking fast. The cats – and other predators such as wolves – are increasingly forced to predate on domestic animals instead. In the remote, high altitude valleys of Jammu and Kashmir, where the estimated average annual family income …
Photos of Wild Snow Leopard Cubs!
The photos and video from Anu and Lasya’s den sites are in! We have never before encountered wild snow leopard cubs, and we are thrilled to share our experience with you. You can check out our YouTube channel to see live footage of the den visits! Additional details on the event can be found here. …
What to Expect When Snow Leopards Are Expecting
During the last week of May, our field researchers began to observe some interesting behavior in two of the female snow leopards in our long-term ecological study. Anu and Lasya had started to restrict their movements significantly, and we began to suspect that the two were pregnant and looking for den sites. We have been …
Snow Leopard Trust Featured on BBC World News!
Thanks to your vote, the Snow Leopard Trust won the 2011 BBC World Challenge! We received $20,000 to expand our Snow Leopard Enterprises Program into Kyrgyzstan, and we are doing just that! Right now, Trust staff members are working hard to re-establish relationships with previous community partners and incorporate new families into the program! Last August, …
Watch the Snow Leopard Trust on BBC World News!
This Saturday, BBC World News will be airing a 30 minute special about Snow Leopard Enterprises as part of our first place prize from the World Challenge! A BBC film crew met up with our Executive Director Brad Rutherford and Country Program Director Bayara in Mongolia this August to learn more about Snow Leopard Enterprises …