WWF Buy a goat, save a snow leopard donation. Photo WWF website. Sick of giving socks for presents? I know I’m sick of getting them. Well, not so much socks, not too many people give me those, but you know, those little gifts where people mean well, but you know that you’re never ever going to use the widget, gadget, thingumyjig. If that’s you, then what about giving a goat? Why? Well, when you make a donation to the WWF, you can buy...

Two snow leopard cubs confisctaed from ex President of Kyrgyzstan’s illegal private zoo, died in Jalal-Abad Zoo this week. Map from Wikipedia. Recently I posted a news story about the exPresident of Kyrgyzstan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, having illegally kept a private zoo at his house. The zoo was discovered after he fled the country following weeks of violence and recent civil unrest. A number of endangered animals were found including two...

Yasmin the snow leopard showing off a beautiful tail. Photo by Jim Nicholson on flickr. I’ve been following the activities of the Snow Leopard Group on flickr for a few months and its worth bringing to readers’ attention. There are over 1200 members and thousands of photos of snow leopards taken in Zoos all around the world. Grab a good cup of tea or coffee and settle down for an enjoyable trip around the world with your favorite big...

10th cat to be collared on amazing Snow Leopard Trust Mongolia project is female. Photo SLT. The Snow Leopard Trust project in Mongolia has collared a tenth snow leopard and this time it’s a female which is great as the others have been male. Read about this amazing project, truly a world first in the number of cats collared and the huge amount of data being collected. Follow the cats on the Trust’s blog. ...

Captured snow leopard in Afghanistan. Photo Essay by Richard Fite in Time magazine. Readers may recall the story of the captured snow leopard in Afghanistan I wrote about in March(read here). Richard Fite, the US veterinarian who advises for the U.S. Agricultural Department in northern Afghanistan, tried to save the cat, which had been captured for the illegal wildlife trade, but sadly she died.  Richard shared his hope with the world...