Dissecting lions and tigers (& snow leopards): Inside Nature’s Giants series 2, part III
Dissecting lions and tigers: Inside Nature's Giants series 2, part III Category: community • mammalogy Posted on: September 6, 2010 9:37 AM, by Darren Naish Given that big cats are more popular (among the general populace) than are either sharks or snakes, it's predictable that this was the most discussed, ...
Tianshan’s Crown Exploring the land of glaciers and snow leopards
English.news.cn 2010-09-06 08:02:14 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2010-09/06/c_13479848.htm by Chen Jie BEIJING, Sep. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- The first Chinese expedition to Mount Tomur was politically driven: a move to declare the mountain part of China. It also confirmed Tomur as the highest peak in the Tianshan Mountains, opening the way to scientific expeditions. The ...
Camera traps in Altai Nature Reserve
Siberian scientists to track snow leopards using 'photo traps' 16:38 03/09/2010 Russian scientists will install special video cameras - so-called photo traps - to monitor endangered snow leopards in southwestern Siberia, the Altai Nature Reserve's deputy security head said on Friday. Russia has an estimated total of 150 of the ...
Saving snow leopards in Tuva, Russia (includes information re: database of sightings)
Don’t shoot the irbis! 21 August 2010 Alexander Kuksin, Center of Asia, translated by Heda Jindrak http://en.tuvaonline.ru/2010/08/21/irbis.html Tuva holds an immense amount of treasures and mysteries. One of these treasures is irbis, the beautiful and mysterious snow leopard, to see whom is a rare fortune. However the officials of the ...
Editorial about George Schaller
Niexter: Nature’s champion 2010/08/25 By Naden Surya Munusamy, 14, Kedah http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Niexter_Nature__8217_schampion/Article/ SOME people describe heroes as those who lead by example. They are the sort, no matter their age or gender, whom a person can look up to and strive to be like or emulate. They teach us what is ...
Climatic calamities and endangered species
Written by Syed Mujahid Ali Shah, by email 15 August 2010 The recent heavy rains in northern mountainous belts of Pakistan are hardly going to spare wild fauna from devastating their habitats as that of human population. Among all such animals, the most concerned specie is snow leopard. They are ...
2011 Altai scholarships for snow leopard conservation expedition from Biosphere Expeditions
Biosphere Expeditions: Matthias Hammer After a very successful trial of our Altai scholarship programme this year, I am delighted to announce its continuation & our intention to keep this going for as long as we run expeditions to the Altai. Biosphere Expeditions is now offering three free places to nationals ...
Prey clue to snow leopard habitat
In lambs, a whiff of elusive predator – Prey clue to snow leopard habitat Posted by VoiceofSikkim on Aug 13, 2010 The Telegraph Gangtok, Aug. 12: A two-year project in Sikkim has documented the habitat of snow leopards and their main prey, blue sheep and the Himalayan tahr. The predator ...
Innovative conservation project in Pakistan sees a slow but sure rise in the number of the endangered big cats
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 ...
Field studies evaluating argali populations took place in Russia
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 ...