The most remarkable journey to date came from Shonkhor this fortnight! Shonkhor (red), collared in April last year, has taken an extensive expedition to the west, much further than where he wandered in previous weeks. Shonkhor’s last location was 60 km west of our base camp. We are curious to see if he continues to …
Category: Follow The Cats
Newly Collared Snow Leopard Officially Named "Khavar"
In the evening of April 25th, we placed a GPS collar on a male snow leopard who has been officially named “Khavar.” Khavar means Spring or Renewal in Mongolian and refers to the important time of year for herders when grass starts coming up and lambs are born. The name was chosen by long-time Trust …
GPS Study: Aztai has guests in his home range
Aztai (green) continues to avidly patrol the core of his home range. In the last two weeks, we were able to fit Aztai with a new collar, and it appears that he made a kill on April 24th. With so many new male recruits hovering around his territory, he seems to be very busy marking …
New Snow Leopard Joins Long Term Study in Mongolia
In the evening of April 25th, PhD student and field researcher Orjan brought a new snow leopard into our long term collaring study. Called M8 for now, the male snow leopard weighs 34 kg and appears to be about two years old. Orjan thinks that M8 might be one of Supermom’s “cubs”, or perhaps previous …
Follow the Cats Update: Orjan Checks the Clusters while the Cats are on Patrol
We have had a rare fortnight with no new snow leopard collared! The law of averages seems to be catching up after so many weeks where there have been at least one–and sometimes even two–snow leopards collared within a single night. Orjan is wondering if they have figured out his strategy. The truth is that …
GPS Study: Following Devekh Across Mongolia's Tost Mountains
As you can see on the map, Devekh’s movements these past two weeks have been remarkable (Devekh’s positions and trajectories are represented by the blue dots and lines). He has already given us quite a lot of data points to follow! Two weeks ago Devekh was heading Southeast toward the Tost Mountains. He continued this …
Snow Leopard M7 Renamed: Say Hello to "Devekh"
The newest snow leopard to join our long-term study in Mongolia now has a new name! In February we placed a collar on a strapping young male that we were temporarily calling “M7.” As you can read in earlier posts, M7 is quite an explorer. We are proud to announce that M7 officially has a …
New Collared Cat M7 is A Fast Mover
After several weeks of only hearing from one or two cats, we have recent location uplinks from four of the five collared snow leopards. Perhaps one of the most remarkable journeys depicted by this data is that of our newest cat we call M7 (blue). He is a real mover! He was fitted with his …
Meet Mongolia's Known Snow Leopards
With our recent success in collaring another male snow leopard, we wanted to reintroduce you to the snow leopards who’ve made an appearance near our base camp in South Gobi, Mongolia. For more information (including photos) of these cats, visit our Meet the Cats page. Snow Leopards We Are Tracking Aztai (Lucky)– a male, probably …
Collared Cats in Mongolia Are Having Successful Hunts
The cats have been on the prowl over the past two weeks, and appear to have had some successful hunting activity! Aztai (green) has been feasting – and how! Just a day before he was collared in the last week of February, he had been feeding on three goats. Orjan confirmed this after making a …