April 2010

Sightings of two cats excites “Project Snow Leopard India” team

April 29, 2010 India

Just a few days ago I wrote about the likely Snow Leopard Research Centre in Spiti Valley in northern India going ahead. Turns out there has just been a sighting of two snow leopards in that region. In the past there’s only been indirect evidence of the cats like pictures in trap cameras but this [...]

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Former Kyrgyz President had private zoo with snow leopard cubs

April 29, 2010 Endangered species

Update on yesterdays story about the snow leopard cubs in an illegal private zoo in Kyrgyzstan. BBC News confirms the property belonged to former President Bakiyev. “A pair of snow leopards and two bear cubs were among the exotic animals found in the private zoo of ousted Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. A golden eagle, two [...]

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Tajikistan page added to blog today

April 28, 2010 Blogging

Many snow leopard range countries are not well known by most of us and Tajikistan is no exception. I knew nothing about it before I became interested in snow leopards, but yes, they do have some. How many is not exactly known. So today I’ve added a page of information on snow leopard conservation projects [...]

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Snow leopard cubs in illegal home zoo in Kyrgyzstan

April 28, 2010 Illegal wildlife trade

News just in is that investigators in Kyrgyzstan, which recently had a change of government, says that a relative of the deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev had a private zoo in a house. The animal collection unfortunately includes many animals from the IUCN Endangered Species List including two snow leopard cubs. Officials are trying to protect [...]

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Snow Leopard Research Centre to be launched in Himachal, India

April 28, 2010 India

It’s likely that India’s first high-altitude research centre for studying snow leopards will be situated in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh in north India. The Centre will be in the Kibber plateau of Spiti valley, and will be set up jointly with the National Conservation Foundation. Sanjeeva Pandey, Chief Wildlife warden, is optimistic saying “comprehensive [...]

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Rodney Jackson, snow leopard biologist extraordinaire, nominated again for Indianapolis Prize

April 22, 2010 Snow leopard habitat

Rodney Jackson from the Snow Leopard Conservancy has been nominated again for this prestigious prize. (He was also nominated in 2008). The Indianapolis Prize “is the largest individual monetary award for animal species conservation in the world and is given as an unrestricted gift to the chosen honoree.  The Prize is given every other year [...]

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Earth Day 2010. Help and celebrate!

April 22, 2010 Saving snow leopards

Hi all. Thursday, April 22nd is the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day! Help raise awareness about protecting the planet by going to the Earth Day site and doing one small thing this week to make a difference. Recycle garbage, support an environmental cause, help clean your local park, stop for an injured wild animal, what [...]

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New face of Snow Leopard blog

April 12, 2010 Blogging

Well here it is! The new “Saving Snow Leopards” blog is launched today. Thanks to Paul who did all the WordPress slog and Nadia who created the banner. Thanks also to Rex for support and ideas. I hope together with readers and supporters we can go onto bigger and better things to bring the plight [...]

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Xinjiang China snow leopard project expands

April 12, 2010 China

The Xinjiang Snow Leopard Project team is back in China – and they’ve expanded their work from just Xinjiang province to across China, a very big task and we wish them luck! The project has been running for a few years and is headed up by Philip Riordan, senior researcher at Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation [...]

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Help Mongolia’s herdsmen and women in worst winter in decades

April 12, 2010 Mongolia

Mongolia has been going through a “dzud,” an extremely cold winter following a summer drought. According to the Mongolian government, an estimated 4.5 million animals have died across the country in the last few months, a huge blow to the herding community that makes up a large part of the population. A nomadic herdswoman in [...]

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