Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who works at the base camp of our long-term research project in Mongolia. These are his adventures… Spring might have finally come to the Gobi. The last days have been warmer, mainly because the wind has shifted and now blows from the south. I think that this caused this …
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Meet Mongolia's Known Snow Leopards
With our recent success in collaring another male snow leopard, we wanted to reintroduce you to the snow leopards who’ve made an appearance near our base camp in South Gobi, Mongolia. For more information (including photos) of these cats, visit our Meet the Cats page. Snow Leopards We Are Tracking Aztai (Lucky)– a male, probably …
Collared Cats in Mongolia Are Having Successful Hunts
The cats have been on the prowl over the past two weeks, and appear to have had some successful hunting activity! Aztai (green) has been feasting – and how! Just a day before he was collared in the last week of February, he had been feeding on three goats. Orjan confirmed this after making a …
The Night of The Leopards: Orjan recounts his exciting night meeting M7 and Aztai
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who works at the base camp of our long-term research project in Mongolia. These are his adventures… I ended my last blog entry with “Time for the 11 p.m. trap check, perhaps we have caught something now”. Well, one of the trap transmitters was indeed on fast pulse, so …
It's a boy! New snow leopard joins study
All of us have been waiting in quiet anticipation to hear news from Orjan, not knowing when another snow leopard would be captured, collared and released. Perhaps you too have joined us in the silent hope that it would be a female—after all, we already have numerous males that we are tracking, but a female …
Grazing-free Reserves Save Snow Leopards in India
Pastures are set aside for wild snow leopard prey to graze as part of a conservation partnership with communities in the Indian Himalayas.
Snow Leopard Back on the Map: A New Uplink from Tsagaan
We are extremely excited to report an uplink from Tsagaan (white). This single data point lets us know that he is not far from where our researchers are operating right now. Aztai (green) and Shonkhor (red) covered an average of at least 7 km and 6 km per day respectively. Since we do not know …
Orjan: A Moment to Reflect on Life Back in the Gobi
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who works at the base camp of our long-term research project in Mongolia. These are his adventures… It’s been two hectic weeks in camp. Bayara (Country Program Director for Mongolia), Pursee (Mongolian biologist), and Charu (Science & Conservation Director) arrived a little more than a week ago. To our …
Snow and Snow Leopards
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who works at the base camp of our long-term research project in Mongolia. These are his adventures… We arrived in the Gobi about a week ago. All the equipment and gers (large Mongolian tents) have been stored in a tiny house since last summer, and the first thing we …
More snow leopard clusters, more snow
Given the erratic uplinks from Shonkhor’s collar (red), we had a rare moment this week with the recording of a cluster, possibly depicting a kill site or resting spot! On the 8th and 9th of February, we received a cluster of three locations within 50 meters of each other. Unfortunately there were no uplinks following …