by S.Mujahid Ali Shah Sunday, 22 Mar, 2009 | 02:34 AM PST | This is a story about my village called Phakar, in the Nagar Valley 80 km northeast to Gilgit in the Karakoram Mountains. The average altitude is 2600M with mountain cliffs and caves, some of them being totally ...

Eighteen cheetahs to be imported from Iran, Namibia and South Africa more than 60 years after the species was hunted to extinction Jason Burke guardian.co.uk, Thursday 29 July 2010 16.40 BST The cheetah is to return to India, more than 60 years after the last three were shot dead by ...

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 ...

* 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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