Myanmar a gateway for wildlife trade to China: report

Myanmar a gateway for wildlife trade to China: report

(AFP) – 11 hours ago 15 March 2010 DOHA — Demand in China is stoking a black market in neighbouring Myanmar in tiger-bone wine, leopard skins, bear bile and other products made from endangered species, a report released on Tuesday said. "China's border areas have long been considered a hotbed ...
The first snow leopard was successfully photographed in Tuva, Russia

The first snow leopard was successfully photographed in Tuva, Russia

RIA Novosti, translated by Heda Jindrak March 12, 2010 permanent link: http://en.tuvaonline.ru/2010/03/12/5400_snowleopard.html The participants in the first Russian-Mongolian expedition for the study of groupings of irbis (snow leopard), which took place from February 20 to March 7 on the Tsagan-Shibetu ridge (western Tuva), made the first photos of this rare ...
Next round in New Delhi: Gross National Happiness Seminar

Next round in New Delhi: Gross National Happiness Seminar

GNH (Gross National Happiness) Seminar 14 March, 2010 - The first ever seminar between Bhutan and India on GNH concluded on March 12, with participants from both sides acknowledging the need for more discussion and study for the development philosophy to be successfully implemented. Dasho Karma Ura, the president for ...
Lonely existence for Himachal snow leopard

Lonely existence for Himachal snow leopard

2010-03-16 11:40:00 He is rugged, handsome and the undisputed monarch of his vast territory, but terribly lonely. Subhash, a nine-year-old snow leopard at a Himachal Pradesh nature park, is waiting for a suitable mate and authorities are worried the forced celibacy could adversely affect his behaviour. Subhash has been living ...
China herdsmen jailed for killing snow leopard

China herdsmen jailed for killing snow leopard

 China herdsmen jailed for killing snow leopard    Page last updated at 05:56 GMT, Monday, 8 March 2010  Two herdsmen have been sentenced to eight and 10 years in prison for killing a snow leopard in northwest China's Xinjiang region. China's state news agency Xinhua quoted local authorities saying the men had ...
Indian Army rescued injured snow leopard in Ladakh

Indian Army rescued injured snow leopard in Ladakh

Indian Army rescued injured snow leopard in Ladakh by Vijay Kumar <http://www.groundreport.com/vijaykumar> March 03, 2010   Udhampur-Jammu, March 3 (Scoop News/Ground Report) - Indian army rescued an injured snow leopard who was trapped by the villagers of LAGA village near Tangtse in Ladakh of J&K state. According to reports reaching ...
Species Recovery Program for Snow Leopards etc. in Jammu & Kashmir

Species Recovery Program for Snow Leopards etc. in Jammu & Kashmir

  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 ...
Villagers in Badakhshan, Afghanistan trapped snow leopard for sale but will be released once cat has recovered

Villagers in Badakhshan, Afghanistan trapped snow leopard for sale but will be released once cat has recovered

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 ...
George Schaller helped with snow leopard cub in 1984

George Schaller helped with snow leopard cub in 1984

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 ...
Snow leopard cub rescued from Kashmir

Snow leopard cub rescued from Kashmir

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 ...