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 ...
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: http://www.astanatimes.com/2014/09/international-team-finishes-first-phase-snow-leopard-conservation-project/ Please note the misprint - ...
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 ...
First Ever Pictures of Snow Leopard Making a Kill
Photographer Adam Riley recently captured an incredible series of photos, showing a snow leopard successfully hunting blue sheep. For more information and to see the photos, please see http://petapixel.com/2014/02/24/incredible-story-behind-first-ever-snow-leopard-kill-caught-camera/ or http://www.snowleopard.org/a-view-to-a-kill?pid=154&pageid=7642 ...
Snow Leopard Poachers Arrested in Mongolia
Thanks to Snow Leopard Network member Enkhbayar for sharing this news story: http://www.mongolia.panda.org/en/?216190/Offenders-who-illegally-hunted-snow-leopard-have-been-arrested ...
First Pictures of Kyrgyzstan’s Snow Leopards
SLN member organisation the Snow Leopard Trust recently released the first ever camera trap photos of snow leopards from Kyrgyzstan, which were captured as part of a snow leopard population assessment that they are conducting. For more information and to see the pictures, please see http://www.snowleopard.org/first-pictures-of-kyrgyzstans-snow-leopards?pid=111&pageid=7598 ...
Snow Leopards Photographed by Trap Camera in Pakistan
Richard Bischof of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and SLN member Muhammad Ali Nawaz of the Snow Leopard Foundation of Pakistan are conducting a Pakistani snow leopard study using scat analysis and camera trapping. Their results so far have recently been published a report in the journal, Methods in ...
Snow Leopard Conservation and Research Facility Planned in Spiti
The Himachal Pradesh State Wildlife Department and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is setting up a research centre that will serve as a base for a long-term radio collaring project. For more information, see http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/HP-to-launch-snow-leopard-research-conservation-facility-in-Spiti/articleshow/29174501.cms ...
Snow leopards get a helping hand from Cumbrian conservationists
20 January, 2014 A group of researchers from the University of Cumbria will be investigating the Kazakh snow leopard population. For more information and a video, please see http://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2014-01-20/snow-leopards-get-a-helping-hand-from-cumbria/ ...
