July 2009

Are snow leopards in decline in Nepal?

July 28, 2009 Nepal

The news about snow leopards in Nepal seems to be mixed.  The Myrepublica website, a news website from Nepal has reported that the number of snow leopards there has been estimated to have declined – now believed to be between 300 and 400, while previously their number was estimated to be between 400 and 500. Counting [...]

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Dedicated sponsor of snow leopards at Melbourne Zoo

July 24, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

I’m amazed at how dedicated and passionate people are about the animals they sponsor at Melbourne Zoo. Recently I spoke with Glenn McColl, a very keen snow leopard photographer about all the terrific photos he’s taken of Meo, Tashi and Gobi in the last few months. Glenn hasn’t done any formal photography training training but [...]

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Stories of shape shifting snow leopards

July 23, 2009 Saving snow leopards

Children’s author/illustrator Jackie Morris has written and illustrated a beautiful book, ‘The Snow Leopard’ about the Wakhi people in Afghanistan. Talk about being seduced by a book’s cover – the illustrations are beautiful. The story, based on ancient village tales, concerns a shape-shifting guardian (the locals call them mergichans) in the body of the wide-eyed [...]

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Raising our glasses to snow leopards

July 23, 2009 Snow leopard habitat

Amazing how many different ways there are to help in the conservation of our beautiful wild snow leopards. Here’s another one. Glasgow whisky maker, Whyte and Mackay has committed to a conservation partnership to support the Snow Leopard Trust by donating 15% from profits of sales of their new Snow Leopard vodka. The money will [...]

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Mystical ice snow leopard

July 15, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos
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Snow leopard cubs get exam & full physical

July 13, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3H6qDiZZE&hl=en&fs=1&] This is exciting – we can see an indepth examination of the snow leopard cubs (now 6 weeks old) at Woodland Zoo, Seattle USA. There’s a lot to do, weighing, measuring, checking, vaccinations etc. This is the most comprehensive video of a zoo examination I’ve ever seen. And the little guys are so calm [...]

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Illegal hunting and killing of snow leopards

July 7, 2009 Saving snow leopards

I’m reading one of the most comprehensive and powerful reports on the trade of wild snow leopards called “Fading Footprints – the killing and trade of snow leopards.” It’s a huge piece of research, published in 2003 by TRAFFIC it makes quite depressing reading. At the time the research was conducted, despite legislation protecting snow leopards [...]

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Snow comes to snow leopards at Melbourne Zoo

July 1, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

Meo and her two cubs, Tashi (f) and Gobi (m) got ten tons of snow today to celebrate the cubs’ 6 month birthday. Meo, who originally comes from a Zoo in a town in Germany very close to where I was born (on a snow storm night - many years ago) knows a thing or two about snow flakes [...]

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