Itgel (the injured cat, shown in orange) remains in the eastern edge of the Toson Bumba Mountains. We’re getting uplinks from his collar more frequently, which indicates that he’s spending increasing amounts of time in open terrain and less time holed up in caves. After spending three days on what was likely a good meal, …
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Weekly Cat Update: And the award for longest walk goes to….
We’re seeing a lot of movement from our radio-collared snow leopards this week. After visiting the area northwest of our research camp, the cats appear to be using a corridor to move between the Tost and Toson Bumba mountain ranges. Shonkhor has moved back to Toson Bumba to an area slightly further east than we’ve …
Support for Wild Snow Leopards Boosted by Apple’s Snow Leopard OS
[Snow Leopard Trust Press Release; Reposting/reprinting allowed] From the US to Germany to Sweden, the new Mac OS X is raising awareness—and donations—for snow leopard conservation. Seattle—The launch of the new Mac OS X is bringing much-needed awareness to one of the world’s most endangered big cats: the snow leopard of Central Asia. For months …
Weekly Cat Update: Saikhan trailing Aztai?
Cat movement 8-31-09 The most interesting movements we’re seeing this week are from Aztai and Saikhan. Saikhan has been moving around Aztai’s home range since August 21st and it appears that Aztai is “trailing” him. It’s impossible to tell how often the cats have direct encounters because the timing at which the collars collect …
Snow leopards, meet Snow Leopard (OS)
Coming soon! Hopefully this will really boost some awareness for wild snow leopards and showcase how beautiful they are. Here are a few catch-phases we came up with, feel free to use them: The snow leopard ran on earth long before it ran on computers Snow leopard: In stores now, but still endangered Snow leopard: …
Weekly Cat Update: Tsagaan's collar sends first uplink in a month
Well – a minor miracle has occurred! After not hearing from Tsagaan for over a month, his collar transmitted a location on August 23rd. He’s right back in his usual home range in the Tost Mountains. The most plausible explanation is that the collar had rotated sideways on his neck, which either interfered with the …
You're in the right place: Snow leopard blog has new look
We’ve upgraded the Snow Leopard Trust blog! Easier to navigate: New and improved categories New search function Archived articles All-in-one FAQ page More content: New “Ask the Expert” category: every other week, we’ll be posting a video answering your most pressing snow leopard questions. Send your questions to Expert@snowleopard.org. New “Meet the Cats” top menu …
Weekly Cat Update: Saikhan in the badlands
Saikhan continues his exploratory movements. This time he ventured several kilometers into a “badlands” area of low-lying sandstone-like formations in the Toson-Bumba mountain range, and area that we would consider to be ‘unsuitable’ snow leopard habitat. Itgel continues to make small, but consistent movements in the vicinity of the site where we collared him. Unfortunately …
New Challenges For Snow Leopards Arise in Mongolia
Twice this year, and possibly a third time, snow leopards have been captured or injured in steel-jaw leg-hold traps intended to capture wolves. The most recent incident occurred on July 5th when a herder arrived at the Snow Leopard Trust’s research camp to report a snow leopard caught in a wolf trap near his ger …
Snow Leopards on KUOW radio 94.9 FM (podcast 53 min 59 seconds)
Conservation Seen Through Snow Leopard Eyes 8/14/09 Weekday with Steve Scher KUOW 94.9 FM radio in Seattle [Listen to broadcast on KUOW] What conservation efforts are being made? Why does it matter? How are large conservation issues like this addressed? How is our local community involved? Find out the answers by listening to this podcast. …