Snow leopard caught on camera in Uttarakhand, India for first time

Snow leopard caught on camera in Uttarakhand, India for first time

FRONT PAGE | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | Email | Print | | Back April 22, 2011 5:23:29 AM The Pioneer PNS | DEHRADUN The first-ever photograph of a snow leopard in Uttarakhand taken by a camera trap in Chamoli district this month has buoyed the spirits of the State ...
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Snow Leopard captured on camera trap, Uttarakhand State, India

Snow Leopard captured on camera trap, Uttarakhand State, India

The image was released by by Wildlife Institute of India (WII) under Project Snow Leopard. Here is the 1st on Snow Leopard in one of its last known habitat. The state forest department of Uttarakhand state (with cover of greater Himalayas) of India with help of Wildlife Institute of India ...
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The Irbis System

The Irbis System

The Irbis System monitors VHF transmitters and makes an alarm when the state of a transmitter changes. The Irbis System is designed for monitoring of trapsite transmitters such as Telonics TBT-500. It makes an alarm when an animal is trapped. This alarm occurs within a few minutes from capture. The ...
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Ed Fischer upcoming book on searching for snow leopards

Ed Fischer upcoming book on searching for snow leopards

Chasing the elusive snow leopard Squamish resident set to share story of his 30-year search for Asian ‘phantom’ Squamish resident Ed Fischer pauses during an acclimitization hike in May of 2010. Behind Ed are some of the typically upturned stratifications of the Stok Range; this was once an ancient seabed ...
Ecologists see increasing snow leopard population in Tuva

Ecologists see increasing snow leopard population in Tuva

http://eco.rian.ru/nature/20110317/354921373.html Ecologists see increasing snow leopard population in Tuva Mar 22 (dateline below listed differently) Moscow, 17 March – RIA Novosti WWF’s Altai-Sayan Program announced that the snow leopard population along the southern part of the Shapshal’sky Ridge and on the Tsagan-Shibetu Ridge in Tuva Republic is in good condition ...
BBS Blog mentions Snow Leopard Network

BBS Blog mentions Snow Leopard Network

Big cats prefer the taste of wild flesh Post categories: Conservation Matt Walker | 12:01 UK time, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 Asiatic lions are extending their limited range Conservation stories can be hard to tell. Not so the story of the Asiatic lion - which is a rare beast, in ...
Snow leopard killing livestock in Gilgit, Pakistan

Snow leopard killing livestock in Gilgit, Pakistan

Wildlife: Snow leopard on the prowl in Gilgit By Shabbir Mir Published: April 5, 2011 The endangered animal has been on a killing spree of cattle for weeks. GILGIT: A snow leopard – also known as the Uncia or Panthera uncial – went on a killing spree in a remote ...
National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and US-based Snow Leopard Conservancy has launched snow leopard conservation project in Nepal

National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and US-based Snow Leopard Conservancy has launched snow leopard conservation project in Nepal

Snow leopard conservation project Added At: 2011-04-03 11:36 PM Last Updated At: 2011-04-03 11:36 PM The Himalayan Times - HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and US-based Snow leopards Conservancy has launched the snow leopard conservation project. Altogether there are 4,510 to 7,350 snow leopards ...
Book review: 'The Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue' by Juliana Hatkoff

Book review: ‘The Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue’ by Juliana Hatkoff

Published: Sunday, March 27, 2011, 6:10 PM By Mary Penn | Bay County Library System The Bay City Times “Leo the Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue” by Juliana Hatkoff Scholastic, 2010, 40 pages, $17.99, Ages 4 to 10 What would you do if you found a ...
Putin's animal antics questioned in Russia

Putin’s animal antics questioned in Russia

By Maria Antonova (AFP) – 19 hours ago MOSCOW — "There's a good kitty, a pretty kitty," Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was shown by state media telling snow leopard last weekend, who stared back at him, covered in fresh blood. The rare species is the latest to go under "personal ...