This summer our team traveled approximately 2,500 km overland and visited 9 of the 27 communities where we have implemented community based conservation programs with our Mongolia partner organization, Snow Leopard Conservation Fund (SLCF). We wanted to better understand the communities and threats to snow leopards by meeting with them to discuss their ecological, environmental, cultural, …
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We Met Our Goal to Help More Snow Leopards!
Thank you to everyone who helped us meet our goal! We needed to raise $50,000 to ensure that our expansion plans for the year could move forward. Over 630 people stepped up to help! Thanks to these generous supporters, we can continue our successful programs and ease the conflicts between herders and snow leopards. We are …
A Very Chilly, But Valuable Eco Camp
In the Spiti Valley members of our India team recently led an activity from the ‘Living Himalayas’ workbook in 20 schools where we have established the Himalayan Nature Clubs (HNCs). The activity conducted was ‘What does garbage tell us?’, and it consisted of students learning about solid waste, focusing on which items degrade naturally, and which items …
Our Sock Competition is Underway!
Calling all creative knitters! The Snow Leopard Trust is having a sock pattern contest that starts July 20th, and we want to see your socks! We are looking for the perfect sock pattern to use with the camel wool yarn we make through Snow Leopard Enterprises. We are offering an awesome prize package to the very …
Photos of Wild Snow Leopard Cubs!
The photos and video from Anu and Lasya’s den sites are in! We have never before encountered wild snow leopard cubs, and we are thrilled to share our experience with you. You can check out our YouTube channel to see live footage of the den visits! Additional details on the event can be found here. …
What to Expect When Snow Leopards Are Expecting
During the last week of May, our field researchers began to observe some interesting behavior in two of the female snow leopards in our long-term ecological study. Anu and Lasya had started to restrict their movements significantly, and we began to suspect that the two were pregnant and looking for den sites. We have been …
Could Wild Cubs Be On The Horizon?
Field researchers conducting our long-term ecological study are watching the movements of our known female snow leopards with fingers crossed. If the females begin to restrict their movements, it could mean that they are looking for a potential den site in order to give birth to cubs. Khashaa, Lasya and Anu are all moving within …
M9 Is All Grown Up
We are excited to report that M9 dispersed from his mother Khashaa in mid-April! The only other snow leopard we have known during dispersal was Zaraa, who left her mother Tenger in February of last year. A few weeks after M9 went off on his own, field researcher Orjan located his first big kill, a …
What’s on the Menu?
Through our long-term ecological study in the Tost region of Mongolia, we are learning a great deal about the lives of wild snow leopards. Collaring expert Orjan shares his story from the field: Since 2008, we have been visiting the sites where we seen our collared cats stop for periods of time. We referred to …
No 'Littles' in the Gobi
Orjan Johansson is our snow leopard collaring expert currently living at the research base camp in the South Gobi of Mongolia. Life is harsh in mountain ranges where snow leopards are found, and Orjan shares his experience: As we were eating breakfast a couple of days ago it struck me that there are no ‘littles’ …