The BBC recently published an alarming article about the continued big cat skin trade in China. Buying and selling big cat skins is illegal in China, but a recent undercover investigation revealed the relative ease with which one can acquire big cat skins, which are sold as “luxury items”. Here’s an excerpt: “Covert filming by …
Category: Conservation Around the World
News about conservation around the world.
Support for Wild Snow Leopards Boosted by Apple’s Snow Leopard OS
[Snow Leopard Trust Press Release; Reposting/reprinting allowed] From the US to Germany to Sweden, the new Mac OS X is raising awareness—and donations—for snow leopard conservation. Seattle—The launch of the new Mac OS X is bringing much-needed awareness to one of the world’s most endangered big cats: the snow leopard of Central Asia. For months …
Snow leopards, meet Snow Leopard (OS)
Coming soon! Hopefully this will really boost some awareness for wild snow leopards and showcase how beautiful they are. Here are a few catch-phases we came up with, feel free to use them: The snow leopard ran on earth long before it ran on computers Snow leopard: In stores now, but still endangered Snow leopard: …
Snow Leopards on KUOW radio 94.9 FM (podcast 53 min 59 seconds)
Conservation Seen Through Snow Leopard Eyes 8/14/09 Weekday with Steve Scher KUOW 94.9 FM radio in Seattle [Listen to broadcast on KUOW] What conservation efforts are being made? Why does it matter? How are large conservation issues like this addressed? How is our local community involved? Find out the answers by listening to this podcast. …
Will the real snow leopard please leap forward!
Many of you may have heard the buzz surrounding Apple’s computer operating system: Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Some of us at the Snow Leopard Trust are Mac users and think it was great that Apple chose to refer to their new product as “Snow Leopard.” We are really excited about it, and look forward to it’s release …
Video of Woodland Park Zoo Cubs
Here’s a video of the new cubs, courtesy of Woodland Park Zoo.
Show me the snow leopard!
Wondering which zoos near you have snow leopards? Traveling and want to visit multiple snow leopards during your trip? The Snow Leopard Trust is working on a grand map that will be able to show you all the zoos in the world that have snow leopards. Our trusted intern James is putting in the long …
Snow leopards in Pakistan threatened by poaching in Afghanistan
The Snow Leopard Trust has analyzed the data from Bayad’s collar and found that she traversed a 1,563 square kilometer area, splitting her time between Pakistan and Afghanistan. In the map above, Bayad’s movements are the little black dots, and the red line is the border between countries. Past convensional VHF radio collars used in …
Snow Leopards Inspire New Mac OS
My name is James Herndon, and I’ve just begun volunteering with the Snow Leopard Trust. Yesterday, I told a friend about this, and she replied, “Cool, Snow Leopard is the new Mac OS, right?” She was joking, but given the early buzz over Mac’s upcoming Snow Leopard OS (to be released in the summer of …