Archive for the ‘ Member Accomplishments ’ Category
Snow leopard cub rescued from Khunjerab riverbank in Gojal Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Thanks to SLN member Jaffar Ud Din for alerting us to the attached article, a heartwarming account of a snow leopard cub being saved by Pakistan’s Snow Leopard Foundation, and the Wildlife Conservation Society. X13V0FSLF_SL cub_Rescued_Pakistan
Yak Herder Captures Footage of Snow Leopards in Bhutan
Thanks to SLN member Tshewang Wangchuk for alerting us to the footage below of three snow leopards, taken by a yak herder with cameras supplied by the Bhutan Foundation. http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=iTLnKmH6T90&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiTLnKmH6T90
Panthera Camera Traps Catch Snow Leopards In Tajikistan
‘Footage of snow leopard cubs in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan was caught on camera trap surveys. As many as 300 of the 3,500 to 7,000 wild snow leopards live in the Tajik Pamirs. This area is considered to be a critical link between the southern and northern regions of the snow leopard’s range, serving [...]
National Geographic Explorer of the Week: Tshewang Wangchuk
Congratulations to Snow Leopard Network member Tshewang Wangchuk for being featured by National Geographic! National Geographic – Explorer Tshewang Wangchuk possesses an unusual collection of three hundred scat samples from elusive snow leopards in Bhutan. He gathered these samples with a grant from National Geographic in 2009 to examine the snow leopard population status and [...]
Healthy populations of predator and prey documented in MisgarChapurson, Gilgit-Baltistan
Thanks to SLN member Ali Nawaz for distributing this press release to the SLN. SNOW LEOPARD FOUNDATION “Abundance of signs suggest a healthy population of snow leopards in Misgar-Chapurson”, says Hussain Ali from Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) on completion of a month long site occupancy surveys in Misgar and Chapurson valleys, Hunza-Nagar, GilgitBaltistan. He explains [...]
First Snow Leopards Collared in Afghanistan
Wildlife Conservation Society – WAKHAN CORRIDOR, AFGHANISTAN, (July 17, 2012) – Two snow leopards were captured, fitted with satellite collars, and released for the first time in Afghanistan by a team of Wildlife Conservation Society conservationists and Afghan veterinarians conducting research during a recent expedition. The team successfully captured and released the male snow leopards [...]
First Ever Videos of Snow Leopard Mother and Cubs Recorded in Mongolia
New York, NY – For the first time, the den sites of two female snow leopards and their cubs have been located in Mongolia’s Tost Mountains, with the first known videos taken of a mother and cubs, located and recorded by scientists from Panthera , a wild cat conservation organization, and the Snow Leopard Trust [...]
The Indian High Altitudes
Congratulations to Yash Veer for publishing this piece in the Tehelka. The future of biodiversity in the higher Himalayas lies outside protected areas The northern part of India is rimmed by a 2,500 km stretch of mountains, the Himalayas, the land of snow. Covering over a million sq km, it includes low Siwalik foothills at [...]
On the trail of snow phantoms
Congratulations to Yash Veer in publishing this piece in the Deccan Herald. May 22, 2012: Yash Veer Bhatnagar charts out the efforts of The Snow Leopard Trust and other organisations in unravelling the mysteries of the elusive snow cat. ‘Stones of Silence’, a classic by the renowned naturalist George Schaller changed me forever. I knew [...]
Discoveries in Northern Part of Snow Leopard Range
Snow Leopard Network member Evgeniy Kashkarov recently distributed an article on his recent findings of snow leopards in two areas, based on unusual migration patterns. The first area is Tofalaria – the northern abrupt edge of Central Sayan Mountains on 540 N latitude (intersection of Western and Eastern Sayan Mountains), and the second one is [...]