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A Snow Leopard Family Stroll

by Snow Leopard Trust April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 3 Comments

Watch a snow leopard mother and her sub-adult cubs as they stroll about their home range in India’s Spiti Valley, in the Trans-Himalayas.

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Snow Leopards: Masters of Disguise

by Snow Leopard Trust April 4, 2019 2 Comments

The snow leopard’s ability to blend in with its surroundings is legendary. It even earned the cat its most famous nickname, Ghost of the Mountain.

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Field Blogs: Camera Trapping in Sarychat

by Sherry Young and Matt Fiechter March 13, 2019May 8, 2020 2 Comments

Follow field researcher Sherry Young, Wildlife Ranger Urmat Sokolov and their horses Padiera and Caramel as they cross frozen rivers and climb precipitous slopes to install camera traps to monitor snow leopards and their prey in Kyrgyzstan’s Sarychat Ertash Reserve.

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Snow Leopards Confirmed in Mongolia’s Khorkh Mountains for the First Time

by Snow Leopard Trust February 3, 2019March 12, 2019 8 Comments

A camera trap study in South Gobi’s Khorkh mountain range confirmed the presence of snow leopards along with lynx, ibex and argali.

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Learning How to Count Cats

by Snow Leopard Trust January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 4 Comments

Around 60% of the world’s snow leopard habitat are in China. Yet, in China as in other countries, robust population estimates to guide snow leopard conservation efforts remain scarce. But there are efforts underway to change that – most recently through two workshops on survey and analysis methods held in Beijing.

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The Case of the Dead Goats

by Devika Rathore and Matt Fiechter December 12, 2018May 8, 2020 2 Comments

To identify the culprit, snow leopard researcher Devika Rathore channels her inner Sherlock in this field tale from Lahaul, India.

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Nine Lives: Meet the Snow Leopards On The Air Right Now

by Snow Leopard Trust December 5, 2018December 10, 2018 10 Comments

The Snow Leopard Trust’s research team is currently tracking a record nine wild snow leopards in Mongolia’s Tost Mountains with GPS collars. Here’s a look at these nine cats and what we know about them.

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Field Work in Kyrgyzstan: Hospitality and Support for Conservation

by Suraiya Luecke November 27, 2018May 9, 2020 8 Comments

This fall, Snow Leopard Trust researchers have set up camera traps across the entire Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountain range to see how many snow leopards live in this habitat near the country’s capital, Bishkek. Research Associate Suraiya Luecke shares some of the team’s experiences from the field with us.

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Did “The Dude” Set a Snow Leopard World Record?

by Örjan Johansson November 9, 2018May 9, 2020 13 Comments

Field researcher Örjan Johansson shares the story of “The Dude”, the biggest, heaviest snow leopard he’s come across in a decade of field studies.

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Tost Nature Reserve is Free of Mining Licenses

by Snow Leopard Trust October 22, 2018 10 Comments

Two years after Mongolia’s landmark decision to protect the Tost Mountains as a State Nature Reserve, the last of the mining licenses that had been granted for the region earlier have been revoked. 

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