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 ...

This photo is of historical value for being Bhutan's first tiger picture in the wild in ThrumsingLa and at the highest elevation (3,000 m) so far reported for the Bengal tiger. Note primula in the foreground. These primrose Primula denticulata occur from temperate forest to an altitude of 4,500 m, ...

A wild baby snow leopard has been caught on camera. Filmed more than 4000m up in the highlands of Bhutan in the Himalayas, the baby leopard investigates a camera trap set by a BBC Natural history film crew. The young snow leopard walks right up to the camera lens, sniffing ...