We received another uplink from Itgel’s collar this morning. (Itgel is the snow leopard with the hurt leg – his range is shown in orange.) He is not far from his last location, but he at least continues to show some movement. Note that Saikhan (green) has left the Tost Mountains and crossed over the …
News & Stories
Will the real snow leopard please leap forward!
Many of you may have heard the buzz surrounding Apple’s computer operating system: Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Some of us at the Snow Leopard Trust are Mac users and think it was great that Apple chose to refer to their new product as “Snow Leopard.” We are really excited about it, and look forward to it’s release …
Big Plans in Kyrgyzstan
When you donate to the Snow Leopard Trust, you help us run conservation programs, like Snow Leopard Enterprises in Kyrgyzstan, but also you help us conducting some amazing research so that we can learn more about snow leopards—and improve our conservation programs. Kyrgyz researcher Kubanych Jumabaev (known as “Kuban”) has a busy schedule ahead as …
Back in Sweden
Orjan has returned home to Sweden after six busy months of field work. He will return to Base Camp in October. There’s still plenty happening out there – check out the “Notes from Base Camp” section on this blog for regular updates.
Days (and Years) in the Life of a Snow Leopard Keeper
Standing at the glass of the snow leopard exhibit at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ) you might see Nadia, the zoo’s female snow leopard, tossing a big round cantaloupe in the air, rolling it, batting it, rubbing on it, and finally—the grand finale – eating it all up! What a treat—for cat and visitor. What …
An Open Letter to Trust Supporters
Dr. Charu Mishra, our Science and Conservation Director, has written an impassioned, timely letter to supporters of the Trust. Looking toward the future of snow leopard conservation with a measured optimism, Mishra makes a compelling case for both science and innovative research to better understand the cats, and also for more community-based solutions that invite these cat’s human neighbors …
Must-see VIDEO of Mother snow leopard with Cubs
You have to see this (from Koustubh Sharm, our Regional Field Biologist): Here are some pictures (converted into a short video!) of the snow leopards kittens that were photographed in our research site, less than a km from the base-camp. The spontaneous reaction of a loud YEAY was unanimous on seeing this pictures. It seems …
Just how much scat do we need?
A lot. In fact, we’re hoping to collect 200 snow leopard scat samples over summer. Kim, our Assistant Director of Science, is in Mongolia now collecting scat, and supervising numerous other projects. Kims says they swapped out Azati’s collar, and that his old one is pretty beat up. “The rest of our field work is …
Summer Crew
Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia to work at the base camp of our long-term research project. These are his adventures… The summer crew arrived in Base Camp on the evening of the 15th of June and since then, things have been busy here. The crew consists of Kim …
Good news for snow leopards in India
A preliminary report from our team in India: a fourth community has established a grazing-free reserve. Grazing-free reserves are created by herding communities in snow leopard habitat. Part of the grazing area belonging to the village council is protected from livestock and other forms of resource use to enable the recovery of snow leopards and their prey. Three reserves exist in …