Below is a clipping from a March 2011 Mongolian Newsletter reporting the hunting permits allowed for the year, including four leopards for research. The following is the text of a letter sent from the Snow Leopard Network asking the Mongolian government not to allow permits for hunting snow leopards. Sir, On behalf of the Snow …
Category: Snow Leopard Trust Updates
New Video Presents Mongolian Handspun Camel Yarn
The Snow Leopard Trust presents our newest video about the process behind our Mongolian Handspun Camel Wool Yarn. Take a minute to watch Surnaa Namjilsuren, a member of one of our partner communities in rural Mongolia, turn raw camel wool into a skein of beautiful yarn. 100% of the proceeds from each skein of Surnaa’s …
Our March Photo of the Month Takes Us Back to the Beginning
Taken in 1972 by the Snow Leopard Trust’s founder Helen Freeman, this picture shows the first two snow leopards to reside in Seattle, Washington’s Woodland Park Zoo. Nicholas and Alexandra came all the way from the Soviet Union and arrived when Helen was a volunteer docent at the zoo. She quickly fell in love with the …
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Aztai's Long Walk
We recently got an update from Koustubh, our Regional Field Biologist, about the latest trek that the wild cat Aztai made in Mongolia: Couldn’t resist the temptation of sharing this exciting episode of Mr. Aztai and his long walk. He seems to be fond of taking these long walks almost periodically, though the frequency is …
Friday the Snow Leopard Mascot
By request, here is a photo of dear little Friday, the cat who has adopted our researchers as her own humans and now lives at the base came of our long-term snow leopard study in Mongolia. She had kittens this year and made sure they stayed warm by putting them in our sleeping bags.
Snow doesn't stop snow leopard research
Dear blog readers, thanks for a great year. Here is an end-of-the-year update about our long-term snow leopard study in the South Gobi, Mongolia. November marked one of the coldest months in South Gobi with mercury dipping to abysmal limits. Field work became increasingly difficult and our camp remained under thick cover of snow. Despite …
Protected Area for Snow Leopards is Approved!
As we reported last year, important snow leopard habitat in the Tost Mountains of southern Mongolia is covered with licenses for mining exploration. We and the members of the local communities were concerned about what further mining action could do to this land and its wildlife if the licenses were allowed to move into the …
The Main Ingredient in Swedish Meatballs
Photo courtesy of SLT/Panthera Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who works at the base camp of our long-term research project in Mongolia. These are his adventures… Just before midnight the siren alerted us that an animal was in one of our safe leg-hold restraints (used so we can fit a collar on snow leopards) at the …
Stunning Sharable Snow Leopard Photos
For your viewing pleasure, straight from our base camp in Mongolia. You might have seen some great photos of snow leopards in zoos, but these are wild cats! Amazing. The cat in the snow–that’s Aztai and we have been following him for 2 years.