October 23rd is International Snow Leopard Day!
To celebrate, the Snow Leopard Network is launching the updated Snow Leopard Survival Strategy, available here.
Smartphone app developed to identify illegal wildlife products
A WCS scientist has developed a smartphone app that helps law enforcement and military personnel identify illegal endangered species products in China, Afghanistan, and Viet Nam. The app allows the user to narrow the product down to the likely species, and also provides advice from expert taxonomists in eight hours. Heidi Kretser thought of the app after seeing US military personnel in Afghanistan purchasing illegal products including snow leopard furs.
For more details, see http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/10/09/smartphone-apps-lets-cops-track-down-illegal-wildlife-products
Source: takepart.com
Snow Leopard photographed catching marmot
Snow Leopard Trust trap cameras have captured images of a snow leopard catching a marmot in Kyrgyzstan.
For more information or to see the pictures as a time-lapse video, see http://www.snowleopard.org/snow-leopard-marmot?utm_source=Snow+Leopard+Trust+Enews&utm_campaign=b52bfdc6fd-2014_Enews_October&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cc286e56f5-b52bfdc6fd-90187233&goal=0_cc286e56f5-b52bfdc6fd-90187233&mc_cid=b52bfdc6fd&mc_eid=285c1ab674
Snow Leopard Spotted in Upper Manang Village
Residents of Upper Manang Village in Nepal have reportedly sighted a snow leopard, which took a yak calf. This is the first time a snow leopard is thought to have entered the village. A local resident is quoted as feeling lucky to have had the opportunity to see a snow leopard, which is a positive reaction, considering a yak was taken.
For more information, see: http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/10/01/national/snow-leopard-spotted-in-upper-manang-village/395876.html
Source: ekantipur.com
SL Conservation Grants Recipients Finish First Phase of Project
Congratulations to a group of Snow Leopard Conservation Grants recipients, who have successfully completed the first phase of their population survey in the Almaty State Reserve, and had an article about their work published in the Astana Times. The full article is available here:
Please note the misprint – they were awarded $15,000 in Snow Leopard COoservation Grants funding.
Snow Leopard Photographed in Tibet Nature Reserve
A snow leopard has been reportedly captured by trap camera for the first time in the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve in Tibet. For more information and photos are available here: http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2014/09-25/49678.shtml
Source: Chinese news website ecns.cn