Bhutan’s High Altitude Tigers
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, ...
Wild snow leopard cub caught on film by trap camera in Bhutan
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 ...
Snow leopard may be Sochi 2014 Olympic mascot
Snow leopard may be Sochi 2014 Olympic mascot 2010-09-18 20:30:00 Sochi (Russia), Sep 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The snow leopard leads the competition for the mascot for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, organisers said Saturday. A nationwide competition to find a mascot for the 2014 Olympics kicked off Sep ...
India: Wild encounter, the solitude of leopards
Date:14/09/2010 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/yw/2010/09/14/stories/2010091450431200.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WILD ENCOUNTER Solitude of leopards ROHINI RAMAKRISHNAN The leopards have struck again, scream the headlines of the national newspapers. Week after week, there have been updates, of pilgrims being attacked and the wild animal being caught. What's happening you wonder, why are these animals attacking humans ...
Pakistan: The vanishing wildlife
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=51806 Environment: The vanishing wildlife Air Marshal Ayaz A Khan (R) A civilised country guarantees security of life and honour of its citizens, preserves its flora fauna and conserves its birds and animals by proper laws, education and public awareness. In our criminalized society no one is safe any more ...
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 ...