Tajikistan

Long wait to see photos on Tajikistan camera traps

May 13, 2012 Tajikistan

Camera traps to collect snow leopard photos have now become routine but I can only imagine the excitement when researchers check what they’ve got on the cameras they retrieve after months out in the wild valleys and mountains. A few days ago camera traps were retrieved in the mountains of Tajikistan after being set between [...]

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Steep cliffs lethal for snow leopard cub

February 15, 2011 Tajikistan

A sad news story from Tajikistan reminds us of the dangers snow leopards face from their harsh habitat. Stefan Michel, from the Nature Protection Team in Tajikistan, found a dead snow leopard cub in a private conservancy park  near the border of Afghanistan.  The cub had fallen to its death. Michel noted that a markhor, [...]

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“Trekking with Tom”, Panthera’s snow leopard stories

October 31, 2010 Tajikistan

I wrote recently about meeting Dr Tom McCarthy, Panthera’s Snow Leopard Program Director in Seattle. Tom had only been home a short while since returning from a one month trip to two snow leopard habitat areas, India and in Tajikistan. In both countries he researched snow leopard populations and spent time building Panthera’s partnerships with [...]

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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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