Dawn Editorial Monday, 08 Nov, 2010 THE federal environment ministry has informed parliament that a number of indigenous fauna — the snow leopard, markhor, the Balochistan bear, houbara bustard and the Indus river dolphin among them — are listed as endangered species by international conservation bodies. The briefing came ostensibly ...

28 October 2010 Snow leopard researcher and conservationist, Dr. Tom McCarthy, was recently recognized by the Mongolian government for his long-term contribution to wildlife science in that country. At a ceremony in the office of the President, he was awarded the State of Mongolia Friendship Medal, the highest award given ...

Beginning on October 5, 2010, a 12-day expedition took place along the middle stretch of the Argut River as part of a project jointly funded by WWF, Altai Assistance Project, and The Altai Project to monitor the snow leopard population in the Argut River valley. During the expedition, Sergei Spitsyn, ...

Added At: 2010-10-21 12:19 AM The Himalayan Times Himalayan News Service http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Effort+to+save+snow+leopard+in+Taplejung+&NewsID=262367 TAPLEJUNG; Locals of Gunsa village in the district have started to train local yak and sheep herders on the conservation of the endangered snow leopard that is found in the Kanchanjangha Conservation Area. “Shepherds spark wildfires, chop down ...

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. For the full version of the newsletter in pdf format, click here . Several articles reference snow leopards: WWF Russia ...

Oct 04, 2010 In this short video , three snow leopard cubs investigate a remote automated camera that filmed them in August in the Tost Mountains of South Gobi, Mongolia. Two conservation groups, Panthera and the Snow Leopard Trust, are collaborating on a long-term study of snow leopards in the ...

Numbers in the jungle: Himachal Pradesh to measure wildlife density Hemlata Verma Posted online: Wed Oct 06 2010, 02:03 hrs http://www.indianexpress.com/story-print/693090/ Shimla : The state government has started a new project to measure the density of wildlife in protected areas. Till now, the state wildlife department only had information about ...

Mysterious and elusive snow leopard Oct 8, 2010 13:09 Moscow Time http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/10/08/24792002.html Scientists from the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences are currently looking at the snow leopard population in south-eastern Siberia. The snow leopard is on the Endangered Species List, with a worldwide ...

Link to video about the lithotripsy done on a snow leopard at Big Cat Rescue: ...

The International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS), together with the International Union of Biological Science (IUBS), will hold its 4th International Symposium of Integrative Zoology (4th ISIZ) in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan province, China, from 4-6 December, 2010. The theme of the symposium is Biological Consequences of Global ...