The snow leopard: ghost of the mountains – Snow Leopard Trust/Panthera Mongolia research
Friday 17 December 2010 Telegraph.co.uk Snow leopards face the threats of poaching, habitat loss and diminishing prey. In remotest Mongolia, a research team is keeping tabs on this iconic and elusive species By Nigel Richardson 7:00AM GMT 16 Dec 2010 The trail bike kicked up a plume of dust as ...
Challenges of Climate Change in the Mountains Highlighted in Cancun
Experts from leading institutions and government organisations working in the field of climate change in the Himalayan region called attention to mountain issues and challenges in the light of climate change. They linked these issues to the debate on how to mainstream the sustainable development agenda while planning adaptation and ...
Wildlife genetics and its applications for snow leopard conservation in Nepal
By Dibesh Karmacharya As they gracefully navigate through the high Himalayan mountain landscape, the elusive and endangered snow leopards exemplify nature’s greatest gift to all of us. Snow leopards are found throughout the Himalayan region. These magnificent creatures are the quintessential top carnivore, often the main balancing factor for all ...
Kabul zoo officials in India seeking snow leopards
(AFP) – 1 day ago KANPUR, India — A team of Afghan officials are in India to find an elephant and leopards for Kabul's war-damaged zoo but transportation through Pakistan could be a problem, they said Thursday. The Afghan capital's zoo suffered severe damage during Taliban's 1996-2001 regime and the ...
Snow leopard sighting/poaching increase in Kazakhstan 2010
In Russian-language newspapers, there were accounts of a snow leopard sighting in the Dzhungarian Alatau area of Kazakhstan earlier this year. It was reported in an October 26 2010 article by reporter Aliya Akhmedieva at www.centrasia.ru for Radio “Azattyk” and also in Guns.Kz- a website for gun clubs in Kazakhstan ...
Livestock insurance program increases snow leopard population in Nepal
The population of snow leopard inside Kanchenjunga Conservation Area has been secured with the introduction of livestock insurance scheme. Livestock owners had contributed NPR 55 for each number of animals they owned and a villager is entitled to receive NPR 2,500 if a snow leopard killed a cattle. Earlier, villagers ...
Snow leopard skin seized in Palmar of Jammu, India, western Himalaya
Based on villagers' information on the smuggling of parts of wild animals by a group of smugglers, the police launched a manhunt in Palmar of Jammu, western Himalaya and confiscated a snow leopard from the arrested person. 6 November 2011 http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20101107/j&k.htm#16 ...
50 cattle killed by snow leopard in Khunzhrav, Pakistan
50 cattle killed by snow leopard in Khunzhrav Posted on November 21, 2010 by Pamir Times| http://pamirtimes.net/ Khunzhrav (misspelled as Khunjrab), November 2010: The big cat (Snow Leopard) has killed over four dozen sheeps and goats belonging to Mirza Muhammad of Moorkhun village, in Gojal Valley. According to reports the ...
Snow Leopard Survival Chances Melting Away Along With Glaciers, Kyrgyzstan
Snow Leopard Survival Chances Melting Away Along With Glaciers Bişkek : Kyrgyzstan | Nov 18, 2010 By Ljubica Vujadinovic The 8,400 square kilometers of Kyrgyzstan’s glaciers, which account four per cent of the country’s territory, are now receding at a rate more than three times as fast as in the ...
Stem cell surgery on snow leopard in Sydney, Australia, zoo
Stem cells will hopefully change a leopard's knee, not its spots Deborah Smith SCIENCE EDITOR November 20, 2010 ...WHEN you are born to leap up rock faces that are almost vertical, an arthritic knee can be more of a pain than usual. That's why one of Sydney's snow leopards, Kamala, ...