Last April, we began to notice that Tenger was refining her home range to a very small area- a behavior that indicated she may have been pregnant and had found a den site. There is no way for our researchers to confirm a wild snow leopards’ pregnancy, but close attention was paid to her activities …
News & Stories
A Journey Through The Badlands
During the week of May 19, 2011, the young snow leopard Zaraa journeyed from our study area in the Tost Mountain region, 45 km. (~27 miles) north, across the Toson Bumba Mountain chain and all the way to another nearby chain called the Nemegt Mountains. What makes this northern trek so interesting is not the …
Lightning Strikes at Our Mongolia Base Camp
Ph.D. Candidate Orjan sends an update from the Snow Leopard Trust base camp located in Mongolia: One of the very rare thunderstorms raged here one night and lightning struck close to our surveillance system [what we use to check if a snow leopard is in the area]. We had not thought about making the system …
Highest Rated Once Again!
The Snow Leopard Trust has been awarded the highest rating possible from Charity Navigator for the fifth year in a row! Charity Navigator is the premiere evaluator of non-profits in the United States and we are honored to receive their most prestigious award again this year. This rating is based on our organization’ s sound …
Khashaa and Aztai Climb the Pinnacles
Ph.D. Candiate and field researcher extraordinaire Orjan shares an inside look into the lives of two of our collared cats: In mid-April, Aztai and Khashaa spent three days at the same place. The collar locations were spread out in a line and it seemed as if they had slowly, slowly moved down a steep mountainside. …
Awesome Boost from BBC
The BBC is helping lead the way to healthier snow leopard populations: The BBC Wildlife Fund is teaming up with two leading conservation organizations, Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) and Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), to launch a new program aimed at securing a healthy population of snow leopards across Asia. The BBC Wildlife Fund is providing …
A Snow Leopard Takes Over
In early April, Snow Leopard Trust field researcher confirmed that Tsagaan, one of the snow leopards in our long term ecological study had passed away due to natural causes. Aztai, a rival male living adjacent to Tsagaan’s previous home range, has been seen exploring the territory that had previously belonged to Tsagaan at the complete …
Rare Photos Released from China Team
The Snow Leopard Trust China Team has just released a series of photographs taken by motion sensing cameras placed throughout snow leopard habitat in their country. The result? Incredible images depicting multiple snow leopards hunting and feeding- behavior that has only been captured a few times before. All photos are below, however a short video was …
Amazing Snow Leopard Family
We are pleased to share a few photos of this spectacular snow leopard. She’s not just any snow leopard, she’s a wild cat in India raising two big cubs. Your donations will help protect this furry family and expand protection for snow leopard just like them in Mongolia, Pakistan, China and Kyrgyzstan. Our remote research …
Cool Cat Connections
We love when cats can help cats–and so we have to give a shout out to two organizations that have made an art of ‘cat connections.’ The first is Cat Life Foundation, which has supported research, habitat protection, and conservation for wild cats big and small. They helped green our base camp with new solar panels, and …