Snow leopards and the art of Olympic environmental diplomacy
The Reuters global sports blog June 23rd, 2009 Posted by: Karolos Grohmann There is an art in dealing with environmental issues when preparing to host Olympic Games.Athens for example, while preparing to host the 2004 Olympics, decided to construct the rowing venue inside a protected nature reserve and just a ...
Capturing the elusive cat
Ashwin Aghor / DNASunday, June 21, 2009 2:50 ISThttp://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_capturingMumbai: When Aishwarya Maheshwari saw a sudden cloud of dust rising along the slopes of the mountains he was surveying in the Kargil and Drass sector of Jammu & Kashmir, his hands immediately reached for the binoculars. What he saw made him ...
One snow leopard a year lost to poaching
14 June, 2009 - At least one snow leopard has been killed by poachers every year since the enactment in 1995 of the forest, nature and conservation Act, which prohibits the killing of endangered wild animals in the country. Records until 2007 with the nature conservation department (NCD) show that ...
Snow Leopard Released to Wild after Recovery from Sickness
2009-06-10 19:21:24 Xinhua Web Editor: Qin Mei A female snow leopard was released back into the wild in northwest China Wednesday after receiving care for a respiratory tract infection. The big cat, which weighed 40 kg and was between 70-80 cm long, hesitated a few seconds after the cage ...
Population of snow leopards rises in Kyrgyzstan
05/06-2009 07:44, Bishkek – News Agency “24.kg”, By Artem PETROV Population of snow leopards rises on the territory of Sarychat-Ertash nature reserve, Kyrgyzstan, National Academy of Science informed the news agency “24.kg”. There are reportedly seven animals listed in Kyrgyz Red Data Book of endangered species, two of them ...
WCS Assists Afghanistan In Releasing Its First-Ever List of Protected Species
WCS Assists Afghanistan In Releasing Its First-Ever List of Protected Species By Fran Hackett Kabul, Afghanistan - The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan’s National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country’s first-ever list of protected species now ...
3 snow leopard cubs born in Darjeeling zoo to female rescued from Ladakh in 1997
Raktima Bose It marks yet another success in breeding programme The 13-year-old female was rescued from Ladakh in 1997 The gender could not be ascertained as the cubs are with their mother in a separate area Kolkata: News of the birth of three snow leopard cubs at the Padmaja Naidu ...
Chinese expert: No decision to release snow leopard into wild
2009-05-13 13:20:46 GMT2009-05-13 21:20:46 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English LANZHOU, May 13 (Xinhua) -- No decision has been made if a snow leopard captured in a northwestern Chinese village will be released into the wild, an animal researcher said Wednesday. The big cat wandered into a village at the foot of ...
Aussie faced death filming cats in the clouds
By Marianne Leitch for Foreign Correspondent http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/04/2559614.htm Posted Mon May 4, 2009 7:01am AEST Updated Mon May 4, 2009 10:19am AEST Snow leopard: like many other big cat species, snow leopards are endangered, due to pressures on their habitat and poaching. (Supplied: Snow Leopard Conservancy) A program to save snow ...
Saving the Snow Leopard
Saving the Snow Leopard By Sharon Marshall With only an estimated 3,500 to 7,000 snow leopards left in the wild, conservation programs are necessarily enlisting the help of local communities to increase the species’ chances of survival. Founded in 1981, the International Snow Leopard Trust, which monitors the movements of ...