Orjan recounts his first two incredible weeks collaring snow leopards at the base camp of our long-term study (Orjan is a Swedish PhD student working on this study): We have set a new collaring record and put out four GPS radio collars in 15 days. First we put a collar on a new female, called F5 for …
Category: Snow Leopard Trust Updates
Back in Action: Orjan Sets Up Base Camp
Back in the field, Orjan sends an update: The first ten days of this field session have passed. We have been working non-stop to set up camp and scout the area. Camp is located in the same site as our old Base Camp and we are hoping to collar snow leopards in the same area as where the …
Zaraa's Walk to the Border
Koustubh, our Regional Field Biologist, sent us this great update recently: Zaraa has done something really exciting this week… On the 19th, she set out South, all the way to China for an expedition through an area that seems to have no mountains at all!!! She went into the open steppe from the area that …
Mongolian Authorities Rescind Permit Issued for the Killing of Snow Leopards for Research
Thanks to an international effort, on March 23 the Mongolian government rescinded the permit that would have allowed four snow leopards in Mongolia to be killed for “research.” Our senior staff were in Mongolia when the crisis developed and worked with the Snow Leopard Network and local NGOs to convince the government that killing snow …
April's Snow Leopard Photo of the Month from National Geographic
Our April photo of the month re-presents the June 2008 issue of National Geographic where snow leopards were featured in an article titled “Out of the Shadows: The Elusive Central Asian snow leopard steps into a risk filled future.” Amazing photos of wild snow leopards by Steve Winter were featured in the article, including an …
Snow leopard Khashaa's major break-out
We have been observing one beautiful young female snow leopard that we call Khashaa (the star of our fall fundraiser last year). Khashaa has been interesting because she has stayed within a very tight little home range of only 40 sq. km. This is very small compared to the home ranges of the other snow leopards, which …
A close call for the snow leopard Shonkhor
In February one of the male snow leopard we are studying, Shonkhor, killed 13 livestock belonging to a herding family in southern Mongolia. Incidents like this have driven other herders in Mongolia to kill snow leopards , but in a heartening act of tolerance this herder decided to contact our staff to seek another option. While it is not …
How snow leopards 'leave the nest'
We’ve been really excited to follow two female snow leopard: Tenger and her daughter Zaraa and now, for the first time, we are watching this snow leopard cub ‘leave the nest!’ The timing of Zaraa’s apparent separation from her mother is occurring around the time of year when we believe snow leopards begin breeding. This makes us speculate whether …
Mining companies want to violate new Protected Areas status
In 2010, you helped us create a new Protected Area in Mongolia’s South Gobi to help safeguard snow leopards from mining. Our latest news from the area: the mining companies have started pressuring local officials to extend their licenses in violation of the local Protected Area status. One way we can mobilize: help local community members and …
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