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… On February 24th, a third snow leopard was fitted with a GPS radio transmitting collar. For more facts about the snow leopard, click HERE. It all started as I …
News & Stories
Non-boring policy article
Although the Snow Leopard Trust works with national governments to build better protective measures for snow leopard, it’s normally hard to talk about in a non-snoozefest way. But we have awesome information out of India that is very exciting. India just ratified “Project Snow Leopard.” It’s a nationwide plan to protect the Indian Himalayas–a treasure trove of unique …
Alone
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… Guy and Nadia left camp two days ago and since then I have been here alone. Nadia is always fun to have around and Guy is a really …
Snow Leopards in China
I just came across two interesting blogs: one by Dr. Philip Riordan, a wildlife biologist doing some snow leopard research in China; and one by Josh, a English teacher in Xinjiang. I thought it might be good to reiterate how important China is to the future of snow leopards. China is home to the world’s largest …
Aztai and the Sleeping Bag
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… Note: our team is trying to fit snow leopards with radio collars. Instead of a new snow leopard, they caught Aztai (who was collared in August 2008). This article refers …
We’re Back, Part 2
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… Home again! It really felt like home as I entered the ger (a Mongolian yurt)… But I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t have mixed feelings about …
We’re Back
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… We arrived back in camp this morning, and things look good. A rat (or something similar) has made a hole in the plastic box where we keep the food, …
Longtail Update
Longtail was shot in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. Bayara, our Mongolia Country Director, went to the study site immediately upon learning of his death. She met with the herder, Octyaber, while he was being interviewed by police and learned the cat was killed while raiding the herder’s livestock corral. Octyaber could …
Pictures from Base Camp
Orjan’s not back at base camp yet, but he is preparing to return and should be there before the end of January. He recently sent us these photos: Friday, the base camp cat, loves to sit up on the gers, scouting the surroundings. The ibex …
Longtail Announcement
It is with heavy heart that we write to inform you that the snow leopard named Longtail (known as Bayartai in Mongolian), was killed by a herder defending his livestock. This has come as a terrible shock and our entire team is devoted to learning the details of this unfortanate event. Please understand that it …