Tajikistan

More on dogs and snow leopards

May 23, 2012 Dogs and Snow Leopards

Another amazing story of snow leopard encounter with dog. This time with incredible photo. This report from Stefan Michel, wildlife expert with the Nature Protection Team in Tajikistan. “In Zong, Wakhan valley in Tajikistan, villagers reported attacks by snow leopards on livestock. Once a dog defended the herd, the snow leopard ran after the dog, which [...]

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Long wait to see photos on Tajikistan camera traps

May 13, 2012 Camera traps

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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