Working with herders, our team in Mongolia is studying how to best prevent predators like the snow leopard from attacking livestock – a key to a peaceful coexistence of cats and local communities. The first fences have already been built.
News & Stories
Highlighting Conservation Success Stories
Guest post by Peter Thomas, founder of Animus Conservation What is it that makes us want to conserve species, habitats and the nature all around us? For me, as a marine biologist and wildlife enthusiast who’s worked in some truly remote places, it’s a sense of both wonder and responsibility. This planet we inhabit is …
The Value of Trust
Working with communities to conserve wildlife is as impactful as it is rewarding. Gaining people’s trust is no easy task though, as our China researcher Xiao Lingyun writes.
Mourning Peter Matthiessen
The Snow Leopard Trust is deeply saddened about the passing of Peter Matthiessen.
Save Cats With A Stunning T-Shirt
We’re excited to be teaming up with conservationist apparel company FLOAT and offer you a chance to help save snow leopards buy purchasing an amazing t-shirt, exclusively designed by FLOAT for the Snow Leopard Trust. Here’s a sneak peak at the gorgeous t-shirt, which will be available from Monday, April 7, at www.float.org. For every t-shirt …
More Fabulous Pics from Kyrgyzstan
Remote-sensor cameras have become a invaluable research tool to monitor wildlife populations. They’re also offering us more and more glimpses into the lives of the elusive snow leopard; bringing the mysterious cat out of the shadows.
Training Park Rangers to Protect Cats
Park rangers in protected areas are a key ally in the fight to better understand and protect the endangered snow leopard. In Mongolia, our local team is training these rangers on how to use monitoring techniques such as surveys, GPS and research cameras.
Find Out How a 5-year-old Is Saving Cats
Have you heard people claim that “no one was too small to make a difference” too many times to still believe it? Allow us to introduce you to Liam, the five-year-old boy who’ll rekindle your faith in the power of each of us!
A Year in a Snow Leopard’s Life
As the snow leopards’ winter mating season nears its end and cubs are on the horizon, we invite you to follow a snow leopard through a typical year.
British Ecological Society prize for Snow Leopard Trust ecologist
Snow Leopard Trust ecologist Dr Kulbhushansingh (“Kullu”) Suryawanshi has won a British Ecological Society Young Investigator prize. The prize – one of only five awarded each year – recognizes the best research papers published in BES journals by early career scientists.