Snow Leopard Trust’s Science & Conservation Director, Charu Mishra, is running his first Boston Marathon on April 15 to help protect these endangered cats!
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Herders Take Action for Snow Leopards and Nature
Supported by small grants from Snow Leopard Trust donors, local community members in Mongolia put their own conservation ideas into action.
Field Blogs: Camera Trapping in Sarychat
Follow field researcher Sherry Young, Wildlife Ranger Urmat Sokolov and their horses Padiera and Caramel as they cross frozen rivers and climb precipitous slopes to install camera traps to monitor snow leopards and their prey in Kyrgyzstan’s Sarychat Ertash Reserve.
Video: Anu and her Cub
Check out the latest camera trap footage showing one of our most beloved snow leopards, Anu, having a drink at a water hole with her almost fully grown cub.
Q&A: How biased are snow leopard population studies?
Dr. Kulbhushansingh (“Kullu”) Suryawanshi, Senior Scientist and India Program Director for the Snow Leopard Trust, explains how much of a bias there is in existing population studies, and why it matters for the future of this endangered cat.
New Research: Most Snow Leopard Population Studies Are Biased
Existing snow leopard population assessment studies tend to be conducted in the best habitats and cover areas that are too small to be representative of larger landscapes. This leads to inflated population estimates.
A New Record at Dynafit Snow Leopard Day 2019
Ski touring fundraiser held across eleven countries raises over $18,000 for snow leopard conservation and research.
Snow Leopards Confirmed in Mongolia’s Khorkh Mountains for the First Time
A camera trap study in South Gobi’s Khorkh mountain range confirmed the presence of snow leopards along with lynx, ibex and argali.
Learning How to Count Cats
Around 60% of the world’s snow leopard habitat are in China. Yet, in China as in other countries, robust population estimates to guide snow leopard conservation efforts remain scarce. But there are efforts underway to change that – most recently through two workshops on survey and analysis methods held in Beijing.
In Conservation, People are Partners, not Perpetrators
To protect endangered wildlife, we need to find ways to turn local communities into allies, rather than alienating them. Here’s how it can work.