Jammu , Feb 28, 2010 Jammu and Kashmir government has launched Species Recovery Programme (SRP) for the endangered snow leopards, Markhor and Kashmiri stags to prevent their extinction. "Jammu and Kashmir Government's forest department has launched centre aided SRP for three species- snow leopard, Hangul (Kashmiri stags) and Markhor- for reversing ...

Afghanistan protects newly rediscovered rare birdBy KAY JOHNSON (AP) – 1 day ago KABUL — Afghanistan's fledging conservation agency moved Sunday to protect one of the world's rarest birds after the species was rediscovered in the war-ravaged country's northeast. The remote Pamir Mountains are the only known breeding area of ...

Birdman Of Pokhara   Nepal has been my second home for more than 30 years. During that time I have written several books set in Kathmandu and authored dozens of articles about conservation and development projects – from the first micro-hydel project in Namche (1983) to the post-war plight of ...

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_snow-leopard-cub-rescued-from-kashmir_1348060 ANI Monday, February 15, 2010 15:01 ISTBotengu (Kashmir): Wildlife wardens assisted by forest rangers rescued a three-month old snow leopard cub after it had strayed into a human habitation at Botengu village from Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. "The cub was hiding in the kitchen of the house. We ...

http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Snow-Leopard-Hunted-Markhot/2917960by G. H. Farooqui February 15, 2010 Snow leopard hunted Markhor CHITRAL: A snow Leopard successfully hunted a Markhor at Shahresham area of Toshi conservation territory Divisional Forest officer of Wild Life Imtiaz Hussain Lal confirmed killing of a Markhor by a Snow leopard. He said that this is the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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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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 ...