The Philadelphia Zoo installed a simulated Base Camp in their Bank of America, Big Cat Falls Exhibit.  This Base Camp includes an activity filled research station where families can get a sense of the different research strategies being implemented in the field.  The Zoo made a financial contribution to the Trust’s Long-Term Research Study to receive an old, non-functioning radio collar for the exhibit. The collar was worn in the wild by one of the first collared snow leopards, Bayad.  Another part of Base Camp is a stylized yurt structure, allowing people to   experience how communities live in snow leopard range countries.  The Zoo purchased one of our largest Kyrgyz hand felted rugs to display inside the yurt and to tie it all together, they are exhibiting photos of the local communities who are partnering with the Trust. Barbara McGrath from the Zoo says, “I want to let you know that that our supporters are thrilled with the new leopard area in Base Camp! I could not have pulled it off without your wonderful help with info, photos, rug and GPS collar.”