WWF Russia released a report on attitudes toward hunting and poaching in the Altai-Sayan region
WWF Russia released a report in English by Agnieszka Halemba and Brian Donahoe of the University of Leipzig and Max Planck Institute respectively on attitudes toward hunting and poaching in the Altai-Sayan region, including some material on attitude toward hunting of snow leopard. The report can be downloaded at http://www.wwf.ru/altay/eng/ ...
Gorno-Altai customs officials seized snow leopard skin & skull
Regnum-Altai newspaper reported Jan. 20 2009 that customs officials in the Gorno-Altai seized one snow leopard skin and skull as contraband. Thanks to SLN member Kathleen Braden for this update ...
Tools that leave wildlife unbothered widen research horizons
By Jim Robbins New York Times Posted: 03/10/2009 10:19:39 PM PDT You may remember Sen. John McCain's criticism of a study of grizzly bear DNA as wasteful spending. You may have wondered how the scientists got the DNA from the grizzlies. The answer is hair. The study, which McCain referred ...
Georgia man fined for wildlife violations, including possession of a snow leopard carcass
Fort Mill TimesSaturday, February 28, 2009 Ga. man fined for wildlife violations(Published February 25, 2009)ATLANTA — A Georgia man has been fined $15,000 for possession of a snow leopard carcass and 45 skulls of endangered or protected animals in violation of federal wildlife laws.Federal prosecutors say 49-year-old Toru Shimoji of ...
A Force for Endangered Species: George Schaller
By Patrice O’Shaughnessy of the New York Daily News Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 1:24 AM He's an unassuming man, with gray hair, pale eyes and a measured voice. But if not for ...
Snow Leopard Photographer Steve Winter Wins World Press Photo Contest
On 13 February 2008, Steve Winter won first prize in the Nature Stories category of the 52nd annual World Press Photo Contest for his June 2008 NG article and photographs, "Snow Leopards: Out of the Shadows". About the contest: ...
KaraFilm festival: Informative, thought-provoking films mark third day
Saturday, February 07, 2009 By our correspondent http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161144 Karachi The third day of the Kara Film Festival saw a flurry of activity with a screening of 11 films, seven short ones, two documentaries, and two feature films. Within the short films section was the 48-minute local film, “Gurmukh Singh ki ...
Wildlife – Kashmir’s Other Conflict
ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Wildlife - Kashmir's Other Conflict By Athar Parvaiz SRINAGAR, Feb 5 (IPS) - Decades of separatist militancy in Indian Kashmir and the massive response to it by the armed forces have taken a toll on human life. But, what is less known is the fact that this and other ...
Shafqat Hussain honored for work with snow leopards
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2009/02/national-geographic-explorers.html Eli honored for work with snow leopards Ilana Seager Staff Reporter Published Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Love is blind, and Shafqat Hussain GRD ‘08 learned this the hard way. Despite having devoted his professional life to his passion for saving snow leopards, the closest he has come to one ...
Leopard killed in Kashmir
Published: January 27,2009 Srinagar, Jan 27: Following heavy snowfall in the upper reaches of Kashmir, the wild animals are moving to the plains, leading to incidents of man-animal conflict. In one recent instance, a leopard was killed by people after sighting it in a village in Kashmir.A police official said ...