April 2009

ABC Foreign Correspondent program on snow leopards

April 30, 2009 India

The ABC’s Eric Campbell has trekked through the high altitude Hemis National Park where I did the Earthwatch Snow Leopard Project in 1998. He’s made a program for Foreign Correspondent to be screened on Tuesday 5th May at 8pm on ABC. This part of northern India is now being called  “snow leopard heaven” because of the [...]

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Keeper Howie talking about cub births

April 22, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

A video from the Melbourne Zoo snow leopard sponsor’s day. Carnivore Keeper Adrian Howard, better known as Howie, tells stories about the birth of Tashi and Gobi and how first time mum, Meo rose to the occassion. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQx-Be6N0Co&hl=en&fs=1]

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Video of Tashi and Gobi

April 15, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

The Herald Sun’s video of Tashi and Gobi. Watch keeper Howie talk about choosing the names for the cubs here.

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It's Tashi and Gobi

April 7, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

More than 2000 names were suggested for the new snow leopard cubs at the Melbourne Zoo before zookeepers decided on Tashi for the female and Gobi for the male. Tashi, (I know this as my girl Australian terrier is called Tashi,) is the Tibetan word for lucky. And Gobi of course, is a large national [...]

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