Archive for July, 2011
A Forbidding Kingdom of Snow Leopards
Snow leopard article in New York Times Science section By NATALIE ANGIER Published: July 25, 2011 Article features interviews with Tom McCarthy and George Schaller of Panthera, Peter Zahler and Anothony Simms of the Wildlife Conservation Society: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/science/26angier.html?_r=1
New book about snow leopard is published in English by Kazakhstan’s Snow Leopard Fund
The new book about snow leopard is published in English “IRBIS – The Snow Leopard” The edition is carried out at the initiative of the Kazakhstan’s “Snow Leopard Fund” (Ust Kamenogorsk) at the financial support of UNDP/GEF – Kazakhstan within the limits of the project “Conservation and suistanable use of biodiversity in the Kazakhstan’s part [...]
WCS Discovers Healthy Snow Leopard Population In Afghanistan
**NEWS RELEASE** CONTACT: STEPHEN SAUTNER: (1-718-220-3682; ssautner@wcs.org) JOHN DELANEY: (1-718-220-3275; jdelaney@wcs.org) WCS Discovers Healthy Snow Leopard Population In Afghanistan Camera trap surveys show surprising numbers of elusive big cats in Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Afghanistan With USAID support, WCS is working with Afghanistan communities on conservation to benefit wildlife and human livelihoods NEW YORK (July [...]
Snow Leopard Foundation Pakistan: ‘Solid Waste Management Campaign During Shandur Festival’
‘Solid Waste Management Campaign During Shandur Festival’ Posted by Staff Reporter on Mon, 2011-07-11 19:08 | filed underGilgit-Baltistan World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan, Saving Wetlands Sky High Programme, Pakistan Wetlands Programme-Northern Alpine Wetlands Complex and Snow Leopard foundation Pakistan jointly organized a mass awareness campaign about Solid Waste Management during Shandur Polo Festival on [...]
Saturday, Jul. 02, 2011 SWIC’s storm cloud gives way to snow leopard BY WILL BUSS – News-Democrat BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS — The smirking-faced thundercloud is out at Southwestern Illinois College. This fall, when the SWIC Blue Storm takes the court and field of play, they will be represented by a blue-eyed snow leopard. The Belleville-based community [...]