Kazakhstan

Falling in love with “IRBIS, The Snow Leopard”

April 3, 2012 Kazakhstan

Today Darla Hillard, Education Director of the Snow Leopard Conservancy shares a review of the new book “Irbis, the Snow Leopard” by Oleg and Irina Loginov from Kazakhstan. Darla is the author of the amazing “Vanishing Tracks – four years among the Snow Leopards of Nepal”, the remarkable story of her and Rodney Jackson’s years [...]

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Kazakhstan snow leopards hit the limelight

July 17, 2011 Kazakhstan

We haven’t written much about the snow leopards of Kazakhstan in this blog as there has been little conservation or research work done there in the past. This is rapidly changing. “IRBIS – The Snow Leopard” about Kazakhstan’s rare snow leopards has just been published in English. Written by biologists Oleg and Irina Loginov this [...]

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Snow leopard mascot for Asian Winter Games

January 17, 2011 Kazakhstan

The 7th Asian Winter Games 2011, to be hosted in Kazakhstan, have chosen the snow leopard as their mascot. The Games are held every four years among athletes from all over Asia under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee. This year the event is expected to attract athletes from 45 countries and includes sports [...]

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снежного барса – saving snow leopards of Kazakhstan

March 16, 2010 Kazakhstan

Oleg Loginov is a snow leopard zoologist, passionate about saving the last remaining endangered cats in Kazakhstan. Last month he contacted me with wishes for a Happy year of the Snow Leopard – something he’s working for. Oleg lives in Ust-Kamenogorsk near Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan. He was formerly employed at Alma-Ata zoo in [...]

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Happy New Year of the Snow Leopard!

February 16, 2010 Kazakhstan

I’ve received a lovely email from Oleg Loginov, Director of the Snow Leopard Fund Kazakhstan who tells me while the Chinese now celebrate Year of the Tiger, in Kazakhstan and other parts of Central Asia they are celebrating this as year of the Snow Leopard. Go Snow Leopards! By the way, in this part of [...]

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