'Ordinary guy' Putin meets snow leopard (AFP) – 6 hours ago MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stood metres away from a snow leopard in his latest stunt involving a threatened animal but insisted Monday he was just an "ordinary guy" in touch with Russia's problems. Putin knelt metres away ...

2011-03-14 14:10:00 New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The environment ministry has called upon the Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to help in the conservation of the snow leopard, an endangered species whose population is rapidly dwindling. 'There is need for more structured dialogue with the army and ...

Snow leopard population increasing in Bunji Noor Aftab Sunday, March 13, 2011 Initiatives taken some couple of years back in Bunji, a small town some 50km away from Gilgit, to help increase population of endangered snow leopard have started showing tremendous results as local people claim that population of this ...

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Snow Leopard dies in Wildlife Dept’s custody DAWN.COM February 26, 2011 (2 days ago) The villagers claimed that they had caught the wild cat alive.—File photo SKARDU: A Snow Leopard which had spread terror among villagers allegedly died in the custody of the Wildlife Department on Saturday. The wild-cat had ...

Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:59pm EST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin got his wish when a snow leopard, polar bear and hare were chosen as the official mascots of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday. Putin, who was largely responsible for Sochi's successful bid to host ...

Nod for snow leopard project Rakesh Lohumi Tribune News Service Shimla, February 21 The Snow Leopard Conservation Project will finally take off in the cold desert of Spiti with the Centre releasing the first instalment of Rs 80 lakh for the implementation of Rs 5.5 crore project. The most remarkable ...

Islamabad Noor Aftab for The International News Sunday, February 20, 2011 Islamabad Though extinction of wildlife species in Pakistan is not new as well as ‘astonishing’ phenomenon but for those who care it would be quite disappointing that fast decline in population of fascinating snow leopards in mountain ranges has ...

Dawn.com: Monday 21st February 2011 ISLAMABAD: Tourists can now see snow leopards in their natural habitat on the sky-high mountainous terrains of Gilgit-Baltistan. An adventure safari provides an opportunity for tourists to visit the mighty mountains in the country’s extreme north and capture fantastic scenes where these wild animals, also ...

By SLN member Stefan Michel* At the 8 February 2011, approximately 2:30 pm a young dead snow leopard was found in Darvaz district of Tajikistan’s GBAO province. The area south of village Zighar, located immediately at the Pyanj River at the border with Afghanistan is since several years managed as ...