Tigers evolved with snow leopards, gene study reveals (several articles)

Tigers evolved with snow leopards, gene study reveals (several articles)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8512000/8512455.stm Tigers evolved with snow leopards, gene study reveals By Matt Walker Editor, Earth News ...
BGI to Sequence Tiger, Lion, and Leopard Species This Year

BGI to Sequence Tiger, Lion, and Leopard Species This Year

http://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/bgi-sequence-tiger-lion-and-leopard-species-year February 12, 2010 By Julia KarowChinese genomics institute BGI and collaborators are embarking on a project to sequence the genomes of the lion, tiger, and leopard, BGI said this week.The "International Big Cats Genome Project," announced just before the start of the Chinese year of the tiger this weekend, ...
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Ladakh: Chasing the snow leopard

Ladakh: Chasing the snow leopard

Nigel Richardson heads to Ladakh in India to seek out the snow leopard, one of the planet's most elusive - and endangered - creatures. By Nigel Richardson Published: 10:12AM GMT 08 Feb 2010 Ladakh is rapidly and proudly establishing itself as the Snow Leopard Capital of the World Photo: Alamy ...
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Snow leopard tracks possibly found in Kashmir ski area

Snow leopard tracks possibly found in Kashmir ski area

The call of Kashmir How this troubled corner of the Himalayas has gone from war zone to ultimate ski destination Tom Robbins The Observer, Sunday 31 January 2010 Wow, life really can be a bummer. It's 14 January and I'm sitting on the Heathrow Express, reading in the paper that ...
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Kashmir: Avoidable loss of a leopard (most likely not a snow leopard)

Kashmir: Avoidable loss of a leopard (most likely not a snow leopard)

 Editorial Posted On Thursday, January 28, 2010Kashmir is notorious for clean felling of jungles and all, from ministers down to forest rangers, are into this business. Militant activities over a period of two decades have also adversely impacted the forests- Proloy Bagchi A national daily reported the other day that ...
China Steps Back From Tiger Trade Ban Lift

China Steps Back From Tiger Trade Ban Lift

January 27, 2010 China (ChattahBox) – After announcing that they were considering lifting the ban on the sale of tiger parts, China has backed away from that debate, instead saying they will be increasing attempts to protect the now endangered animals. The government had been considering removing the ban that ...
LE JOURNAL DE LA CONSERVATION: new French online journal features article on snow leopards

LE JOURNAL DE LA CONSERVATION: new French online journal features article on snow leopards

A new magazine called “LE JOURNAL DE LA CONSERVATION” has just been published online ...
Project launched to save endangered snow leopard (India)

Project launched to save endangered snow leopard (India)

SRINAGAR, FRIDAY, 14 MUHARRAM 1431 AH ; FRIDAY, JANUARY 01, 2010 CE Project launched to save endangered snow leopard ARIF SHAFI WANI Srinagar, Dec 31: The State Government has started work on an ambitious project to save the existing population of the endangered Snow Leopard in its bastion, the higher ...
As the glaciers recede… (Ladakh)

As the glaciers recede… (Ladakh)

Chennai, December 6, 2009 MEENA MENON Ladakh has an unwelcome visitor: Climate change. Retreating glaciers, water scarcity and changes in traditional agricultural patterns are having an adverse impact on this fragile ecololgy.There' s an old saying in Ladakh that only a dear friend or a serious enemy will reach here; ...