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 …
Category: Follow The Cats
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 …
Longtail Announcement
It is with heavy heart that we write to inform you that the snow leopard named Longtail (known as Bayartai in Mongolian), was killed by a herder defending his livestock. This has come as a terrible shock and our entire team is devoted to learning the details of this unfortanate event. Please understand that it …
Where Do Snow Leopards Go
Here is a preliminary map of how Aztai is moving: 1. Aztai is collared 2. About two weeks later Aztai is 50 km away 3. About three weeks after being collared, he is back near the base camp
Second Snow Leopard Collared!
In the early morning of September 14, the members of the base camp research team heard the alert as one of their traps had been triggered… 7:55 am, 14th of September 2008, we did radio-collar the snow leopard formerly known as Longtail. You could almost touch the tension in the car as we were …
Snow Leopard Trials and Joys
The success of our recent snow leopard capture in Mongolia is something we can all share pride in, but it also carries a lot of responsibility. We now have a live cat with our collar on it, and data streaming in. The welfare of the cat, and how useful the research results prove to be, …
First GPS Collar Placed
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… [This is an excerpt from a longer article; some sections have been edited down or reordered. To read Orjan’s original letter, click HERE] We caught our first …
Breaking News: GPS Collar Placed on Snow Leopard “Aztai”
This just in from Tom and his team in Mongolia: “Aztai” is the first snow leopard to wear a GPS collar as part of our long-term ecological study. If you would like to hear it from Orjan’s perspective (Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia), click HERE. In the …