In 2013, Snow Leopard Trust researchers in Pakistan hope to complete camera trap studies and conflict surveys that will help them paint the most complete picture of snow leopard distribution and conservation status across the country to date. Fast facts: The Snow Leopard Trust’s local partner organization in Pakistan is finalizing the country’s first comprehensive …
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Face to Face with Snow Leopards: A Close Encounter in China
A research team from our Chinese partner organization, Shan Shui, was taking a break from exhausting field work in the mountainous Sanjiangyuan region, when Edward, a young Chinese-American volunteer, dropped his binoculars. He climbed back down the steep slope they had just come up to recover them – only to suddenly find himself face to …
Give Art for Snow Leopards
Over the last few years, a great number of artists – painters, photographers, sculptors and all kinds of other creative minds – have partnered with the Snow Leopard Trust, putting their talents in the service of the cats.
Nordens Ark: A Leading Partner in Conservation
Our work would not be possible without strong partners. Nordens Ark, a nonprofit foundation based in Sweden working to protect endangered species, has been a leading partner of the Snow Leopard Trust in snow leopard research and conservation. Fast Facts: Nordens Ark is a Swedish nonprofit foundation that has been partnering with the Snow Leopard …
World Conservation Day in Pakistan: Local Approaches, Global Challenges
Pakistan’s wildlife conservation experts, government officials and foreign diplomats gathered in Islamabad for World Conservation Day last week and vowed to take further steps to protect the country’s snow leopards – with support from the United States. Government officials, foreign envoys and scientists alike were awed by the sheer beauty of wild snow leopards as …
‘Tis no longer the Season: Closing Camp for Winter
As Snow Leopard Trust field scientist Örjan Johansson wrapped up more than 4 years of snow leopard fieldwork in our Long Term Ecological Study in Mongolia, the cats proved more elusive than ever. For the first time, no new cats could be collared. By Örjan Johansson, November 2012 A few days ago, we did the …
Time Flies, Cats Grow Up
What a busy year it has been in our Long Term Ecological Study in Mongolia! Our field scientists managed to find wild cubs for the first time ever, collared and tracked various snow leopards across the South Gobi and watched cats they had first met as tiny cubs years ago grow up! Thanks to the …
Protecting Prey to Protect the Predators
As livestock numbers in northern India grow, some of the snow leopard’s main prey species populations are shrinking fast. The cats – and other predators such as wolves – are increasingly forced to predate on domestic animals instead. In the remote, high altitude valleys of Jammu and Kashmir, where the estimated average annual family income …
Snow Leopard Enterprises – Look Good While You Do Good!
The beautiful handmade products we’re offering to you through our award-winning community conservation program, Snow Leopard Enterprises, are going to look great on you and in your home. And they are an important source of income for people who live with snow leopards – and are empowered to protect them thanks to Snow Leopard Enterprises. …
Back in Camp, Looking for Leopards
After an adventurous road trip, Snow Leopard Trust Field Scientist Örjan Johansson is back in the base camp of our Long Term Ecological Study in Mongolia’s South Gobi – where the real challenges were only just beginning! By Örjan Johansson The road trip to camp was rather eventful as we ended up in both thick …