November 2009

Chance of a lifetime..in the footsteps of wild snow leopards

November 23, 2009 India

there’s still a bit of time to sign up for the Snow Leopard Conservancy and KarmaQuest trek in search of wild snow leopards in the Himalayas. This is such an exciting project (a two week trek in February 2010 to search for wild snow leopards and their prey). The previous winter teams have all seen [...]

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GPS to stalk snow leopard prey in high mountains of Nepal

November 18, 2009 Nepal

Researchers at New Zealand’s Massey University Institute of Natural Sciences will be placing global positioning satellite (GPS) collars on Bharal, the blue sheep of the Himalayas in the Annapurna region of Nepal. They are called blue sheep as their fur is brown to blue. They are also very distinctive with tightly curled horns. The Bharal [...]

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Christmas? have a look at lovely gift ideas from snow leopard country

November 18, 2009 Saving snow leopards

It’s that time of year again and I’d like to remind you all that the Snow Leopard Trust shop has a wonderful collection of crafts made by people in Mongolia through the Snow Leopard Enterprise program.  I mention this at least a few times a year so bear with me if you know about it [...]

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Snow leopard cubs die at Welsh Mountain Zoo

November 18, 2009 Snow leopards in Zoos

There have been many successful snow leopard cub births in zoos across the world this year (including our own Melbourne Zoo) and I must say I sometimes forget how fragile the breeding programs can be. Sadly two cubs born in May this year at the Welsh Mountain Zoo have died recently after coming down with [...]

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Update on Snow Leopard Trust Mongolia project

November 1, 2009 Mongolia

The Snow Leopard Trust’s Mongolia project is going full steam ahead and the team is getting heaps of data on the cats they are watching – check out the blog for the movements of Saikhan, Shonkhor, Aztai, Itgel and Tsagaan in the Gobi desert and the Tost and Toson Bumba Mountains of Mongolia. Isn’t technology [...]

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