Ph.D. Candidate Orjan sends an update from the Snow Leopard Trust base camp located in Mongolia: One of the very rare thunderstorms raged here one night and lightning struck close to our surveillance system [what we use to check if a snow leopard is in the area]. We had not thought about making the system …
Category: Snow Leopard Trust Updates
Highest Rated Once Again!
The Snow Leopard Trust has been awarded the highest rating possible from Charity Navigator for the fifth year in a row! Charity Navigator is the premiere evaluator of non-profits in the United States and we are honored to receive their most prestigious award again this year. This rating is based on our organization’ s sound …
Khashaa and Aztai Climb the Pinnacles
Ph.D. Candiate and field researcher extraordinaire Orjan shares an inside look into the lives of two of our collared cats: In mid-April, Aztai and Khashaa spent three days at the same place. The collar locations were spread out in a line and it seemed as if they had slowly, slowly moved down a steep mountainside. …
Awesome Boost from BBC
The BBC is helping lead the way to healthier snow leopard populations: The BBC Wildlife Fund is teaming up with two leading conservation organizations, Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) and Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), to launch a new program aimed at securing a healthy population of snow leopards across Asia. The BBC Wildlife Fund is providing …
A Snow Leopard Takes Over
In early April, Snow Leopard Trust field researcher confirmed that Tsagaan, one of the snow leopards in our long term ecological study had passed away due to natural causes. Aztai, a rival male living adjacent to Tsagaan’s previous home range, has been seen exploring the territory that had previously belonged to Tsagaan at the complete …
Rare Photos Released from China Team
The Snow Leopard Trust China Team has just released a series of photographs taken by motion sensing cameras placed throughout snow leopard habitat in their country. The result? Incredible images depicting multiple snow leopards hunting and feeding- behavior that has only been captured a few times before. All photos are below, however a short video was …
Amazing Snow Leopard Family
We are pleased to share a few photos of this spectacular snow leopard. She’s not just any snow leopard, she’s a wild cat in India raising two big cubs. Your donations will help protect this furry family and expand protection for snow leopard just like them in Mongolia, Pakistan, China and Kyrgyzstan. Our remote research …
Cool Cat Connections
We love when cats can help cats–and so we have to give a shout out to two organizations that have made an art of ‘cat connections.’ The first is Cat Life Foundation, which has supported research, habitat protection, and conservation for wild cats big and small. They helped green our base camp with new solar panels, and …
Tsagaan’s Death Investigated
On April 12th the snow leopard Tsagaan was found dead. The uplinks from his GPS collar reported that he was stationary for four days. That was followed by seven days of radio silence. Orjan and the field team traveled to the site where he had been stationary to investigate and sadly found Tsagaan’s body. We …
Measuring Success: Orjan Checks In
s After an insane collaring session where we had six snow leopards in 20 nights, we have closed up our equipment. We do not want to find the same individuals too many times and I started getting a little tired. Usually one has a few nights of rest after a collaring, but we never seemed …