Freeman Award for Snow Leopard Conservation: Rinchen Wangchuk

Freeman Award for Snow Leopard Conservation: Rinchen Wangchuk

Freeman Award for Snow Leopard Conservation The Snow Leopard Trust is happy to announce that Rinchen Wangchuk has been selected as the recipient of the Freeman Award for Snow Leopard Conservation. The award established by the family of Helen Freeman to recognize leaders in snow leopard conservation comes with an ...
New challenges in conserving Pakistani snow leopards

New challenges in conserving Pakistani snow leopards

* Only 300 to 420 wild snow leopards left in mountain ranges of Pakistan * Snow leopards’ habitat threatened by climate change, rising temperatures By Syed Mujahid Ali Shah In Pakistan, the northern mountain ranges of the Himalayas — Karakoram , Hindukush and Pamir — Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan host one ...
Asian Officials Extend Lifeline For Wild Tigers (mentions use of snow leopard skins towards the end of the article)

Asian Officials Extend Lifeline For Wild Tigers (mentions use of snow leopard skins towards the end of the article)

Katie Hamann | Denpasar, Bali 14 July 2010: VOA News Countries Work on Agreement to Save Tigers Wild tigers have been offered a lifeline by countries where they still roam. The countries have agreed to work together to double the tiger population within 12 years. Officials from 13 countries gathered ...
Article from August 2006: Endangered cats leave 'trail of fear': Snow leopards tracked by monitoring fright of their prey.

Article from August 2006: Endangered cats leave ‘trail of fear’: Snow leopards tracked by monitoring fright of their prey.

Published online 10 August 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060807-12 Endangered cats leave 'trail of fear': Snow leopards tracked by monitoring fright of their prey. Michael Hopkin The endangered snow leopard has returned to the valleys around Mount Everest, say wildlife researchers working in Nepal. And how do they know it's ...
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Mapping a vision for their lands

Mapping a vision for their lands

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mapping-a-vision-for-their-lands/article1522597/ Mark Hume Vancouver — Published on Sunday, Apr. 04, 2010 Does a place exist if it isn’t on a map? In today’s complex regulatory and legal world, the simple answer is that if you can’t prove it’s there, then it’s probably not. It’s pretty hard, for example, to go ...
Snow Leopard Day children's eco-festival took place in Altai Republic

Snow Leopard Day children’s eco-festival took place in Altai Republic

http://www.wwf.ru/resources/news/article/6596 (Russian language) 19 May 2010 The WWF, FSDA, Ukok Nature Park and Altaisky Zapovednik organized event was on May 26 was for all school children. They learned about snow leopard, their prey, and habitat with a decided conservation slant. Drawing competitions, arts & crafts, etc. Organizers specifically selected Kosh-Agach ...
Himalayan Snow Leopard Research Centre to be set up in Himachal Pradesh, India

Himalayan Snow Leopard Research Centre to be set up in Himachal Pradesh, India

Friday, June 18, 2010 http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_himalayan-snow-leopard-research-centre-to-be-set-up-in-himachal-pradesh_1398211 Shimla: With an aim to boost research and conservation of snow Leopards in the country, Himachal Pradesh would soon set up an international level research centre in Spiti valley, a senior officer of state Forest department said today. "Himalayan Snow Leopard Research Centre" would be ...
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Snow Leopard Day took place in Altai

Snow Leopard Day took place in Altai

http://www.altaiinter.info/news/?id=23369 1 Jun 2010 [Summary] (With support from WWF and Altaisky Zapovednik) Ukok Nature Park, FSDA, and the Center for Additional Children's Education in Kosh-Agach Rayon organized the event. 78 pupils from two high-altitude schools in Kosh-Agach and Ulagan Rayons participated in the event - these areas are important snow ...
Activists rescue deposed Kyrgyz dictator's starved leopards

Activists rescue deposed Kyrgyz dictator’s starved leopards

Posted on Earth Times : Fri, 28 May 2010 10:48:55 GMT Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Activists have rescued 23 starving wild animals, including bears and wolves, from a private menagerie belonging to deposed Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, but said Friday they arrived too late to save a couple of snow leopards ...