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. ...

Spiti Valley north India, soon to have Snow Leopard research centre. Just a few days ago I wrote about the likely Snow Leopard Research Centre in Spiti Valley in northern India going ahead. Turns out there has just been a sighting of two snow leopards in that region. In the past there’s only been indirect evidence of the cats like pictures in trap cameras but this time  “the team saw two snow leopards who were in a playful mood and...

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...

Martin Aveling’s print of a snow leopard cub being auctioned to raise funds for conservation at AHF dinner. Photo by Sami Hisheh. Last Friday the Australian Himalayan Foundation had its annual dinner here in Melbourne. It was an enjoyable dinner and about 350 people came together to celebrate their love of the Himalayas, its people, its culture and its...

9th wild cat collared in the Snow Leopard Trust’s amazing Mongolia study. Photo SLT. On the 25th April the ninth snow leopard was collared in the Trust’s ongoing Mongolia study. He’s a male, weighing 34 kg and Orjan, the Swedish researcher working with the team thinks he’s about 2 years old. The new male is currently called M8...