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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. …
Itgel is on the move
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 …
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 …