New Snow Leopard is Zaraa's Mom!

photo courtesy John Gomes
photo courtesy John Gomes/Alaska Zoo

Great news: On October 15, 2010 Orjan placed a GPS radio collar on a female snow leopard! For now, she is temporarily being called F4. She joins fellow females, Zaraa and Khashaa, as well as six males (Aztai, Tsagaan, Shonkhor, Saikhan, Devekh, and Khavar) to become the ninth snow leopard in our study! F4 is 37 kg (~81 lbs). Even more exciting: Our team is confident that F4 is Zara’s mom! This is amazing news, and represents an unprecedented research opportunity.

Thank you for making this possible. Please consider giving now to our Love Your Leopard Campaign. We’re trying to raise $50,000 and your support will help keep work like this going.

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