March 2009

Snow leopard sponsors meet cubs

March 30, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

An excited group of 80 snow leopard sponsors met the new cubs at the Melbourne Zoo last Saturday. Adrian “Howie” Howard, one of the senior carnivore keepers introduced us to the cubs and their Mum, Meo. Over a couple of hours Howie entertained us with information about breeding and the births as well as stories of [...]

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Girl cub looking a bit camera shy

March 17, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

        All Photos by Kelly Hobbs, Melbourne Zoo. Thanks Kelly for another 4 pics of the kidlets……the little girl cub especially looks like like she really wants some “me” and “meo-mum” time.

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Meo the mum. Melbourne Zoo update

March 11, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

  Six-year-old Meo gave birth for the first time on December 7th, and until now the cubs have led a very sheltered life, initially spending all their time in a dark and quiet nesting box.   Meo has been bringing her cubs out into the adjacent night yards, so the cubs are slowly getting used [...]

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More from you know who at the Melbourne Zoo

March 11, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

Another 20 pics from News Ltd photographer David Caird. See them here.  

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Hunting for snow leopard lunch

March 11, 2009 Nepal

Som Ale, from Nepal, sent me this spectacular photo of a tahr, one of the main animals that snow leopards hunt. Som had to be sure footed to get this shot, he nearly fell off the mountain taking it. We can see the beautiful Ama Dablam mountain (quite close to Everest) in the background. Som’s been [...]

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More photos of new cubs at Melbourne Zoo

March 6, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

Thanks to Kelly Hobbs at Melbourne Zoo for permission to share these pics on my blog. Photo by Kelly Hobbs, Melbourne Zoo        

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Two new snow leopard cubs at Melbourne Zoo

March 5, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

It’s almost like being a godmother . After many years of sponsoring snow leopards our Zoo finally has two gorgeous new cubs. The two snow leopard cubs were born at Melbourne Zoo in December. They got their second health check and introduction to the media today. Zoo vet Dr Michael Lynch, who gave the cubs vaccinations said [...]

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Getting photos of those wild snow leopards

March 4, 2009 Saving snow leopards

Thanks to camera trapping techniques we’re getting more and more photos of snow leopards in the wild. Camera trapping is pretty expensive and time consuming. Expensive not because of the gear which is often a pretty standard camera but because of the effort it takes to make it happen. Firstly you’ve got to get a [...]

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