India

Searching for snow leopards…but first some good food and a massage

February 14, 2011 India

Finally ready to fly to Delhi tomorrow for a few days before flying up to Ladakh, high in the Himalayas on the China border. Entering the lair of the snow leopard! I’ll be trekking with folks from the Snow Leopard Conservancy India who have been doing amazing research and community conservation work that has resulted [...]

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Gearing up to enter the lair of the snow leopard

January 31, 2011 India

Well Melbourne has finally got it’s summer heat wave, with the last two days being almost 40 degrees. And I’ve just started to put together my gear of thermals, down jackets, sleeping bags and hot water bottle for the Indian Himalaya trip with the Snow Leopard Conservancy next month. Hard to believe that in just [...]

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Snow leopard’s neighbor on roof of the world

January 20, 2011 India

It’s such a huge thrill to see a rare wild animal in its own remote habitat. Most of us live in urban environments far away from anything wild, so seeing a wild cat is certainly an unforgettable experience. And when you are hoping for a glimpse of one of the most elusive cats on the [...]

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Camera reveals dog pack attacking snow leopard

January 4, 2011 Camera traps

Snow leopards in Himachal Pradesh, in northern India, face yet another threat in their fragile habitat. A camera trap set up in the mountains has captured an image of a pack of dogs attacking and injuring a snow leopard. Camera traps, which are set up in  remote areas, are activated by movement when an animal [...]

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A magical chance to see snow leopards in the wild

December 16, 2010 India

Wendy Lama from the eco tourism company KarmaQuest tells me there are still places available for the Winter 2011 snow leopard trek in Ladakh (India). I’ll be going along on this one and it’s a great opportunity to join a small group of hardy international travelers to search for snow leopards in this magnificent mountain [...]

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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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New cub for Darjeeling Zoo in north India

May 5, 2010 Cubs - Zoo Born

Just yesterday I wrote about the successful snow leopard breeding program at Darjeeling Zoo in north India. Well, news today is they have another cub! She was born 42 days ago and appears in good health. Mr Alonkar Jha, Director of the Zoo said “this is a female cub and that is very important for [...]

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Snow leopards on surveillance project in Darjeeling Zoo

May 4, 2010 India

The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, northern India has launched a two year project to research the nocturnal behavior of its snow leopards by keeping the animal under infra-red camera surveillance. The zoo, which has had a successful breeding program for many years, currently has six female and five male snow leopards. The [...]

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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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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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