Endangered snow leopard clawing its way back: Innovative conservation project in Pakistan sees a slow but sure rise in the number of the endangered big cats Zofeen Ebrahim in Karachi, for IPS, part of the Guardian Environment Network guardian.co.uk, Thursday 12 August 2010 16.41 BST Article history An endangered snow ...

http://altai-sayan.org/news/detail.php?ID=766 28 July 2010 Field studies evaluating argali populations took place Between July 16 and 23rd, field work to assess transboundary argali populations took place as part of a program to study this rare and large subspecies of the arkhar sheep. The early results of the survey are now available ...

“Tos Ertine”: Searching for the snow leopard 7 August 2010 This summer, Tuvan journalists had the fortuate opportunity to meet the living treasure of Tuva - the snow leopard. On July 21-23, the WWF organized a press- tour for journalists of GTRK “Tuva”, TK “Novyi Vek”, and journal “Plyus Inform” ...

WWF Russia and WWF Mongolia share the main achievements of both offices in Altai - Sayan Ecoregion regarding species conservation, protected areas, ecotourism, public awareness, education, eco clubs, fresh water. Several articles reference snow leopards: WWF Mongolia Argali population observation in transboundary area WWF Mongolia has been doing observation of ...

Letters to the Editor, The Daily Times, 41-N, Industrial Area, Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan Phone: 92-42-5878614-19; Fax: 92-42-5878620 Tuesday, August 03, 2010 Endangered species Sir: The northern mountainous regions of the Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Pamir in Gilgit-Baltistan host some rare animals like the snow leopard and the Marco ...

The Big Cat attacks Bulls in Goharabad, Gulmit Posted on April 9, 2008 by Pamir Times By G.Nasir Three Bulls were attacked by a snow leoperd at Goharabad, Gulmit. One of the bulls was badly wounded and had to be slaughtered while the the other two survived despite of bad ...

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Pamir Times Snow leopard has killed about 10 domestic cattle in Odver Gulmit. According to reports a snow leopard has entered some cattle sheds during night time and killed cattles. Snow leopards are powerful, agile animals capable of making huge leaps to cross ravines ...

by S.Mujahid Ali Shah Sunday, 22 Mar, 2009 | 02:34 AM PST | This is a story about my village called Phakar, in the Nagar Valley 80 km northeast to Gilgit in the Karakoram Mountains. The average altitude is 2600M with mountain cliffs and caves, some of them being totally ...

Eighteen cheetahs to be imported from Iran, Namibia and South Africa more than 60 years after the species was hunted to extinction Jason Burke guardian.co.uk, Thursday 29 July 2010 16.40 BST The cheetah is to return to India, more than 60 years after the last three were shot dead by ...

Freeman Award for Snow Leopard Conservation The Snow Leopard Trust is happy to announce that Rinchen Wangchuk has been selected as the recipient of the Freeman Award for Snow Leopard Conservation. The award established by the family of Helen Freeman to recognize leaders in snow leopard conservation comes with an ...