September 2010

How Harrison Ford’s chest hair helps snow leopards

September 29, 2010 Illegal wildlife trade

I know Harrison Ford supports wildlife conservation but I didn’t realise the lengths he goes to. He did a TV ad for WildAid – “Don’t buy it” – where he says to a Tiger pal, “If some one tells you don’t worry about the slaughter of tigers and elephants, there are lots of them out [...]

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Inspirational Rinchen Wangchuk, creating the ‘snow leopard capital of the world’

September 17, 2010 India

What an inspiration Rinchen Wangchuk is! He works with the Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC) India in the remote and magical Himalayan region of Ladakh. This video made by Mateo and David Willis shows how Rinchen and the SLC encourage local villagers to conserve the snow leopard. They’ve built snow leopard proof fences for the livestock [...]

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Snow Leopard Trust Mongolia project follows footsteps of second female

September 10, 2010 Mongolia

The amazingly successful Snow Leopard Trust GPS collar project in Mongolia has another female to follow, joining young Zaraa. So far all the other cats that have been collared are males. This female is 36 kg and 115 cm in body length with a lovely 98 cm long tail and believed to be between 4 [...]

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Mr Big wildlife smuggler sentenced

September 8, 2010 Endangered species

If snow leopards and other endangered wildlife protection is going to be meaningful then prosecution for offenders is vital. Good news today that Anson Wong from Penang in Malaysia, dubbed “ the world’s most notorious wildlife dealer, has been sentenced to prison after a lock on his suitcase containing legally protected snakes broke on an [...]

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Talking about snow leopards

September 8, 2010 Saving snow leopards

I’ve been offline on this blog for over week but still busy with snow leopards. A few  opportunities for spreading the word about the cats arose recently. I’ve was interviewed on Southern FM Radio and talked at a Greensborough Community event close to my home. In both cases it was great to see the number [...]

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