Since 2007, the Snow Leopard Trust and its partner in India, the Nature Conservation Foundation, have conducted three-day camps for middle and high school children in the Spiti Valley of the Himalayas. Over the past three summers, about 430 children (and 30 teachers) from 15 schools have participated. The experience of living in tents and …
News & Stories
Snow leopard mystery: Aztai
Aztai (green) has communicated 740 locations ever since he was first collared two years ago, and then re-collared last year in June. Every week, his locations unravel more mysteries about snow leopards than were ever known. This week, we are intrigued by what appear to be two “clusters” separated by a distance of only 2.5 …
Signals from snow leopard Tsagaan
There was a lot of action from the South Gobi this week. Uplinks from Aztai (green) continued as usual, but the most exciting news was to receive data from Tsagaan (white) and Shonkhor (red). After almost three months of silence, we received two data uplinks from Tsagaan. He appears to be within his home range, …
Orjan returns
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who works at the base camp of our long-term research project in Mongolia. These are his adventures… After a nice trip where I got to see Helsinki and Beijing, I finally arrived in Ulaanbataar this afternoon. It’s good to be back, but at the same time I feel a …
Another Meal for Aztai
It seems that Aztai (green) has been hungry in the New Year. After the Christmas feast we reported that he had on December 25th, he seems to have made another kill on the 5th of January, and then again on the 13th, though he remained for no more than two days at each site. He …
Gobi and Batu at play
Here’s a recent picture of Gobi and Batu, the snow leopard cubs at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo. (Photo courtesy of Eric Tabb.)
Finding New Markets
Would you like to see our products that benefit snow leopard conservation in a store near you? The Snow Leopard Trust offers wholesale accounts to partner with retailers and businesses around the world. Please pass along our information to your favorite local yarn shop, pet store, gift shop, or any other place you think our …
Students Helping Snow Leopards
Last Fall, with support from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, the Snow Leopard Trust, in collaboration with Facing the Future, launched a new curriculum entitled – Engaging Students in Conservation: Protecting the Endangered Snow Leopard. (Download the 7 Mb PDF file) This interdisciplinary curriculum has five dynamic lessons geared for 5th – 8th grade. The …
How Do I Report Illegal Snow Leopard Trade?
Please understand that it is very important to first confirm whether the item you see is indeed snow leopard, and that we are by no means the final authority on this matter. That said, here is some advice we found: In 1975, snow leopards were listed in Appendix I of CITES (the Convention on International …
DNA: A Key to Unlock the Secrets of an Elusive Cat
Originally published in Snow Leopard Tracks, Summer 2006 Advances in genetics have resulted in a valuable new technique to estimate snow leopard populations. This is done by analyzing the DNA from samples of wild snow leopard scat and shed hairs that are collected in the field. The Trust has been working with Dr. Lisette Waits of …