We have been observing one beautiful young female snow leopard that we call Khashaa (the star of our fall fundraiser last year). Khashaa has been interesting because she has stayed within a very tight little home range of only 40 sq. km. This is very small compared to the home ranges of the other snow leopards, which …
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A close call for the snow leopard Shonkhor
In February one of the male snow leopard we are studying, Shonkhor, killed 13 livestock belonging to a herding family in southern Mongolia. Incidents like this have driven other herders in Mongolia to kill snow leopards , but in a heartening act of tolerance this herder decided to contact our staff to seek another option. While it is not …
How snow leopards 'leave the nest'
We’ve been really excited to follow two female snow leopard: Tenger and her daughter Zaraa and now, for the first time, we are watching this snow leopard cub ‘leave the nest!’ The timing of Zaraa’s apparent separation from her mother is occurring around the time of year when we believe snow leopards begin breeding. This makes us speculate whether …
Mining companies want to violate new Protected Areas status
In 2010, you helped us create a new Protected Area in Mongolia’s South Gobi to help safeguard snow leopards from mining. Our latest news from the area: the mining companies have started pressuring local officials to extend their licenses in violation of the local Protected Area status. One way we can mobilize: help local community members and …
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Did Mongolian government permit hunting snow leopards for research? Snow Leopard Trust and Snow Leopard Network take immediate action.
Below is a clipping from a March 2011 Mongolian Newsletter reporting the hunting permits allowed for the year, including four leopards for research. The following is the text of a letter sent from the Snow Leopard Network asking the Mongolian government not to allow permits for hunting snow leopards. Sir, On behalf of the Snow …
New Video Presents Mongolian Handspun Camel Yarn
The Snow Leopard Trust presents our newest video about the process behind our Mongolian Handspun Camel Wool Yarn. Take a minute to watch Surnaa Namjilsuren, a member of one of our partner communities in rural Mongolia, turn raw camel wool into a skein of beautiful yarn. 100% of the proceeds from each skein of Surnaa’s …
Our March Photo of the Month Takes Us Back to the Beginning
Taken in 1972 by the Snow Leopard Trust’s founder Helen Freeman, this picture shows the first two snow leopards to reside in Seattle, Washington’s Woodland Park Zoo. Nicholas and Alexandra came all the way from the Soviet Union and arrived when Helen was a volunteer docent at the zoo. She quickly fell in love with the …
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Tenger and Her Daughter Zaraa Part Ways
Since late last autumn, the Snow Leopard Trust has been following a Mother-Daughter pair through our long-term ecological study in Mongolia. Zaraa, who is a little less than two years old, has been traveling so close to her mother Tenger that their GPS location markers are often times on top of each other. In the …