The Power of Genetics in Snow Leopard Conservation
The October 2008 issue of Animal Conservation features the first results of the genetic work conducted by Jan Janecka, Texas A&M University, in partnership with the Snow Leopard Conservancy and others. Animal Conservation: Vol 11(5):pages 401-411. Population monitoring of snow leopards using noninvasive collection of scat samples: a pilot study ...
eBay announces ivory ban in wake of IFAW report
(San Francisco, CA – 20 October 2008) – The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) applauds eBay’s decision to institute a global ban on the sale of elephant ivory products by 1 January 2009 and calls on all other internet traders to follow their example. eBay’s decision was ...
Mongolian Wildlife to be Recorded on Film
Written by Kirril Shields Friday, October 17, 2008 MONGOLIAN wildlife will soon be captured, on camera that is. A Wildlife Picture Index programme is set to begin in January of 2009, aiming to ‘camera trap’ Mongolian mammal and bird species. The program intends to help scientists gain an understanding of ...
WWF Mongolia’s pilot compensation scheme for livestock predation by the snow leopard
WWF Mongolia's pilot compensation scheme for livestock predation by the snow leopard WWF Mongolia has initiated the Compensation scheme for livestock predation by the Snow leopard in order to reduce the retaliation kill rate for Snow leopards. The Compensation Scheme is implementing initially in buffer zone of the Turgen Mountain ...
Exclusive photo of a snow leopard in the Khumbu Valley of Sagarmatha National Park.
NAMCHE, Nepal -- Crouched on the edge of an overhang, looking at his prey. Here's one of the few spectacular photos of a snow leopard living in Nepali forests. The shooting was done by a local photographer, Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa, who managed to immortalize this rare Asian feline near Namche ...
Second Snow Leopard Collared in Mongolia Project
We are pleased to report that early in the morning on 14 September 2008, a second male snow leopard was captured and radio-collared in Mongolia's South Gobi Province as part of a new long-term ecological study of the rare and endangered cats. The research team named the cat "Bayartai", meaning ...
Living with leopards in Northern Pakistan
06 August 2008 | News story from IUCN website An innovative scheme encouraging local communities to live peacefully with leopards has reached a new milestone by extending its range to three new communities in Northern Pakistan. Since June 2005, there have been 13 leopards killed in the Abbottabat district of ...
First Snow Leopard Captured in Long-Term Ecological Study in Mongolia
In the early morning of 19 August a young adult male snow leopard was captured and fitted with a GPS collar in Mongolia's South Gobi Province as part of a new long-term ecological study of the rare and endangered cats. The collar is designed to collect highly accurate locations for ...
Illicit trade in big cat skins continues in China
By Paul Eccleston The illicit trade in skins from Asian big cats is still flourishing in China. July 15, 2008- The skins of snow leopards, leopards and tigers are openly on sale in shops, an investigation has revealed. Photographic evidence of cat skins on sale in China Buyers come from ...
Foreigners threaten Afghan snow leopards
By Jonathon Burch KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's snow leopards have barely survived three decades of war. But now the few remaining mountain leopards left in Afghanistan face another threat -- foreigners involved in rebuilding the war-torn country. Despite a complete hunting ban across Afghanistan since 2002, snow leopard furs regularly ...