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Climate change impacts snow leopards in China

September 19, 2012 China

Dr Philip Riordan and his team from Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford and the Wildlife Institute, Beijing Forestry University have been studying climate change impacts on snow leopards and the people sharing their habitat in China. As China has about half of the total world’s snow leopard population and the [...]

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Snow leopards on news map in China

May 10, 2010 China

Now here’s a great idea! Using Google maps to identify the location of news stories about snow leopards in China. Juan Li, a young Ph.D. student  has created this Google map of snow leopards reported during the 20 year period of 1990-2009 by searching the Google News Archive. She says”  I am a Ph.D candidate [...]

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China arrests two Mongolians for smuggling snow leopard skins

May 2, 2010 China

Good to see Chinese authorities clamping down on the illegal snow leopard parts trade. A news story this week reports Chinese police arrested two Mongolian citizens after finding two snow leopard skins and a snow leopard skull hidden inside their jeep at a border checkpoint, state media said Tuesday.Police in the remote Alxa League of [...]

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Xinjiang China snow leopard project expands

April 12, 2010 Camera traps

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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Herdsmen in China sentenced to prison for killing snow leopard

March 8, 2010 China

BBC News has reported the following story. “Two herdsmen have been sentenced to eight and 10 years in prison for killing a snow leopard in northwest China’s Xinjiang region. China’s state news agency Xinhua quoted local authorities saying the men had set a trap after wild animals had been preying on their sheep. When a [...]

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China still trading illegal snow leopard skins

October 28, 2009 China

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) recently conducted undercover investigations into the illegal big cat skin and bone trade in China and found it easy to get tiger, snow leopard and other leopard skins. ‘China has really run out of excuses. They tell us they are doing their best, but we have been warning them about [...]

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George Schaller working magic for snow leopards again

October 8, 2009 China

I’ve mentioned George Schaller many times on this blog – Ok, he’s my hero. He’s probably done more for snow leopard conservation than anyone else on the planet. George won the Indianapolis Prize in 2008 and during 2009 used the money  for snow leopard activities in China. Currently Vice President of Panthera and Senior Conservationist [...]

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Wild snow leopard released

June 11, 2009 China

A female snow leopard was released back into the wild in northwest China this week after receiving care for a respiratory tract infection. She hesitated a few seconds after the cage was opened, then rushed to the woods without looking back at the people in the wildlife protection group who had taken care of her [...]

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In the field – research in Xinjiang, China

February 28, 2009 China

The Xinjiang Snow Leopard Project (XSLP) is an initiative started by the Beijing Forestry University and the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) at Oxford University. You can read about the project on their website – The team is working closely with the Xinjiang Government and local communities to research what’s happening with snow leopards and [...]

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