A design workshop in Kyrgyzstan brings fresh energy and ideas for Snow Leopard Enterprises, our successful handicraft-for-conservation program.
News & Stories
For Communities in Pakistan, Snow Leopard Brings Prosperity
Kashif Syed has just joined our Pakistan partner organization, the Snow Leopard Foundation, as Communications Coordinator. In his first report for us, he sheds light on why live snow leopards are once again considered to be valuable by communities in Chitral. Welcome to the team, Kashif!
Hightech Meets the High Mountains
Preparations are underway in Spiti in the Indian Himalayas to equip and track a snow leopard with a GPS collar for the nations’s first comprehensive and long-term radio-collaring project of these endangered felines.
Copycat? Collared Snow Leopard Tsetsen Mimics Predecessor
GPS location data show a Mongolian snow leopard tracing the paw marks of another male cat that used to live in the same mountain range.
Small Changes in Livestock Herding Could Reduce a Big Threat to Snow Leopards
Reducing the losses suffered by farmers due to predation on livestock by snow leopards is a key to protecting the endangered cat. New research now shows that small changes in the way livestock are herded could make a big difference.
No Cats or Prey Were Hunted in Kyrgyz Partner Communities in 2014
Kyrgyz team makes adventurous trip into the mountains to reward local communities for their role in keeping endangered snow leopards and prey species safe.
Mystic Cat in the Abode of Snow – an intern's tale
17-year old Saloni Wadhwa has her career goals figured out. She wants to be a wildlife scientist. Earlier this year, she interned at Nature Conservation Foundation, our partner organization in her native India, in their snow leopard program. This is the story of how she fell in love with the “Mystic Cat in the Abode …
Is There Enough Wild Prey for Tost’s Cats?
Snow Leopard Trust scientists count ibex and argali in Mongolia’s Tost Mountains. Their numbers appear stable – and just sufficient for now to sustain the area’s snow leopard population. But it’s a fragile balance.
The Best Wild Snow Leopard Cub Photos
Nothing quite compares to the rush of excitement we all experience upon discovering a wild snow leopard cub on a photo taken by one of our research cameras.
An Endangered Beauty
There may be as few as 4000 snow leopards left in the wild. Learn more about the threats this endangered cat faces and about how we can protect them together.