National Geographic Explorer of the Week: Tshewang Wangchuk
Congratulations to Snow Leopard Network member Tshewang Wangchuk for being featured by National Geographic! National Geographic - Explorer Tshewang Wangchuk possesses an unusual collection of three hundred scat samples from elusive snow leopards in Bhutan. He gathered these samples with a grant from National Geographic in 2009 to examine the ...
Healthy populations of predator and prey documented in MisgarChapurson, Gilgit-Baltistan
Thanks to SLN member Ali Nawaz for distributing this press release to the SLN. SNOW LEOPARD FOUNDATION "Abundance of signs suggest a healthy population of snow leopards in Misgar-Chapurson”, says Hussain Ali from Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) on completion of a month long site occupancy surveys in Misgar and Chapurson ...
First Snow Leopards Collared in Afghanistan
Wildlife Conservation Society - WAKHAN CORRIDOR, AFGHANISTAN, (July 17, 2012) – Two snow leopards were captured, fitted with satellite collars, and released for the first time in Afghanistan by a team of Wildlife Conservation Society conservationists and Afghan veterinarians conducting research during a recent expedition. The team successfully captured and ...
Endangered Snow Leopard Habitat Threatened by Climate Change, WWF Study Shows
Washington D.C. (PRWEB) July 16, 2012 Thirty percent of snow leopard habitat may be lost in the Himalayas, due to treeline shift. A new study shows that climate change presents a heightened threat for snow leopards in the Himalaya Mountains, according to conservation group World Wildlife Fund. The study, carried ...
First Ever Videos of Snow Leopard Mother and Cubs Recorded in Mongolia
New York, NY – For the first time, the den sites of two female snow leopards and their cubs have been located in Mongolia’s Tost Mountains, with the first known videos taken of a mother and cubs, located and recorded by scientists from Panthera , a wild cat conservation organization, ...
Snow leopard caught on camera in Uttarakhand
For the second year in a row a snow leopard was captured by the cameras installed in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR) in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. The NDBR is taking technical support of the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) for this special exercise which began last ...
The Indian High Altitudes
Congratulations to Yash Veer for publishing this piece in the Tehelka. The future of biodiversity in the higher Himalayas lies outside protected areas The northern part of India is rimmed by a 2,500 km stretch of mountains, the Himalayas, the land of snow. Covering over a million sq km, it ...
India – Central plan announced to save endangered species
May 25, 2012 Union minister of state for forests Jayanthi Natarajan on Wednesday announced a recovery programme for saving critically endangered species and their habitats. Under the initiative, 16 species have been identified for support. This includes snow leopard, bustards (including floricans), dolphin, hangul, Nilgiri tahr, marine turtles, dugongs and ...
On the trail of snow phantoms
Congratulations to Yash Veer in publishing this piece in the Deccan Herald. May 22, 2012: Yash Veer Bhatnagar charts out the efforts of The Snow Leopard Trust and other organisations in unravelling the mysteries of the elusive snow cat. ‘Stones of Silence’, a classic by the renowned naturalist George Schaller ...
Discoveries in Northern Part of Snow Leopard Range
Snow Leopard Network member Evgeniy Kashkarov recently distributed an article on his recent findings of snow leopards in two areas, based on unusual migration patterns. The first area is Tofalaria – the northern abrupt edge of Central Sayan Mountains on 540 N latitude (intersection of Western and Eastern Sayan Mountains), ...