In the early morning of September 14, the members of the base camp research team heard the alert as one of their traps had been triggered… 7:55 am, 14th of September 2008, we did radio-collar the snow leopard formerly known as Longtail. You could almost touch the tension in the car as we were …
Tag: Aztai
Snow Leopard Trials and Joys
The success of our recent snow leopard capture in Mongolia is something we can all share pride in, but it also carries a lot of responsibility. We now have a live cat with our collar on it, and data streaming in. The welfare of the cat, and how useful the research results prove to be, …
First GPS Collar Placed
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… [This is an excerpt from a longer article; some sections have been edited down or reordered. To read Orjan’s original letter, click HERE] We caught our first …
Breaking News: GPS Collar Placed on Snow Leopard “Aztai”
This just in from Tom and his team in Mongolia: “Aztai” is the first snow leopard to wear a GPS collar as part of our long-term ecological study. If you would like to hear it from Orjan’s perspective (Orjan is a Swedish PhD student who bought a one-way ticket to Mongolia), click HERE. In the …