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 …
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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 …
Saikhan and Shonkor nearly meet
Christmas came a bit early this week. We had several uplinks from Saikhan’s collar (green), in addition to two hits from Shonkhor’s collar (purple) – a day apart at the same site. Although the number of uplinks is not sufficient to provide much information on recent movements, it does confirm that both cats are still …
What Could Apple Do?
We’ve been featured in TidBITS, an online newsletter and website devoted to Mac users. Author Doug McLean interviewed Executive Director Brad Rutherford, and there’s a great section in the article called “What Could Apple Do?” Check out the article here.
An Uplink from Saikhan
If you look carefully, you’ll see that we did get a single uplink from Saikhan’s collar (a green dot near the “O” in “Mountains”). It came in on December 8th, and it looks like he may have visited a site where Aztai (yellow) was on a kill back on December 2nd/3rd.
Trap camera pictures from India
Here are two pictures that were sent to us recently by our India Program Director, Dr. Charu Mishra. These are from our ongoing trap camera work in Spiti, led by student Rishi Sharma.