The Snow Leoaprd Trust is annoucing the collaring of a 4th snow leopard in Mongolia. To read Orjan’s post about the event, click here. Our team just placed a GPS radio collar on a 4th snow leopard. This is a cat we have never seen before on our remote cameras, bringing the number of snow leopards using …
Category: Follow The Cats
Tsagaan Re-collared
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… As mentioned a few days ago on this blog, we re-collared Tsagaan a couple of days ago. It feels really, really great! Here are some more details: After …
Tsagaan On Air
Great news–as we said earlier, we were having trouble getting uplinks from Tsagaan’s collar. Orjan was able to catch up with Tsagaan again and switch out the collar.
Tsagaan is Snow Leopard aka “Bummer”
It’s official: Tsagaan, the snow leopard we fitted with a radio collar at the end of February, is indeed the cat formerly known as “Bummer.” Tsagaan was first called Bummer last year when, with the aid of hidden infrared trap cameras, researchers documented him sniffing around our study area. Orjan has also photographed another cat in the base …
The Death of Longtail: Official Report Available
Dear friends, the Snow Leopard Trust has completed an Official Report on the death of the snow leopard named Longtail. Click HERE to download this report. If you are just joining us: Longtail was a snow leopard that the Trust was studying in Mongolia. He was shot and killed on New Years Day, 2009, by a Mongolian …
Collar Malfunction
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… I had a great time with Jenny and Geir [they just left] and I hope, and think, that they enjoyed the visit. In three days Bo comes here. …
GPS Collar Placed on 3rd Snow Leopard
IMPORTANT UPDATE On February 24th, 2009, the Snow Leopard Trust placed a GPS radio collar on a 3rd snow leopard. The snow leopard is a male, estimated to be 4-5 years old. He is a little bigger (longer) than Longtail was. His body length is 115 cm, tail length 98 cm and skull length 22 cm. He is …
3rd Cat on the Air
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… On February 24th, a third snow leopard was fitted with a GPS radio transmitting collar. For more facts about the snow leopard, click HERE. It all started as I …
Aztai and the Sleeping Bag
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… Note: our team is trying to fit snow leopards with radio collars. Instead of a new snow leopard, they caught Aztai (who was collared in August 2008). This article refers …
Longtail Update
Longtail was shot in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. Bayara, our Mongolia Country Director, went to the study site immediately upon learning of his death. She met with the herder, Octyaber, while he was being interviewed by police and learned the cat was killed while raiding the herder’s livestock corral. Octyaber could …