Locating wild snow leopards isn’t easy. These threatened cats live across vast and often inaccessible mountain territory. Some individuals use home ranges that can be several hundred square kilometers large. These factors make it extremely challenging to find and monitor them. But we’ve learned never to underestimate the skill and expertise of our field teams!
During the pandemic, even the most rural communities prioritized safety and adapted to using technology for virtual meetings and trainings about handling encounters with snow leopards.
A lot has changed in 40 years, explore how Snow Leopard Trust has evolved and grown since our inception four decades ago.
A firsthand account from Benazir and Ulukbek as they travel the Ala Too Mountains in Kyrgyzstan and speak with herders about their livelihood and the challenges they face.
Research cameras reveal a snow leopard’s long-distance travels in Mongolia.
Karma Sonam from Snow Leopard Trust India Programme receives the NatWest Group Earth Heroes Inspire Award 2021
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Snow Leopard Foundation in Kyrgyzstan was able to resume in-person eco-camps in the Shamshy Valley for local students to learn about nature, conservation and snow leopards.
A recent paper by researchers from the Snow Leopard Trust and Nature Conservation Foundation explores the relationships between people and wild animals in Ladakh, India through folklore – both written and oral – and the implications this could have for conservation.
Experience the summer to autumn transitions as a snow leopard would, from late spring to autumn in northern India’s Himalayan mountains.
