GPS location data show a Mongolian snow leopard tracing the paw marks of another male cat that used to live in the same mountain range.
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Snow Leopard Trust Researchers Encounter Wild Snow Leopard Cub
Press Release – Seattle, WA, July 11, 2013 An international research team including members of the Snow Leopard Trust encounters a 2-week-old wild snow leopard cub in its den; a rare glimpse of the first days in the life of these endangered, elusive cats. Finding a wild snow leopard cub in its den is rare …
Group Get-Together in the Gobi
Research and observation point towards snow leopards being solitary creatures. But in March, three of the cats we’re tracking with GPS collars seem to have staged a little get-together that lasted over three days! First, Ariun, one of the males in our study, and Agnes, a female cat, seem to have overlapped in a very …
‘Tis no longer the Season: Closing Camp for Winter
As Snow Leopard Trust field scientist Örjan Johansson wrapped up more than 4 years of snow leopard fieldwork in our Long Term Ecological Study in Mongolia, the cats proved more elusive than ever. For the first time, no new cats could be collared. By Örjan Johansson, November 2012 A few days ago, we did the …