Lets first establish what big cats are – i mean how are they differentiated from small cats… There is actually some argument on this issue in certain circles! Generally speaking big cats are 1) Wild and 2) Considerably bigger than the small domestic or wild cats (a Siberian tiger for instance may be up to 100 times heavier than our 8 pound domestic feline). Other commonly used classifying method is the ability to roar. Big cats...

Forests are shelter places for a number of many wild animals that make our nature beautiful. They are helpful to humans in a number of ways. Their bright colours, soft fur, extremely developed running capability makes them immensely successful among the predators. We are talking about the leopards. Leopards come under the kingdom Animalia and phylum Chordata. They are placed in the class Mammalia, order Carnivora as they are carnivores and...

Now here’s a great idea! Using Google maps to identify the location of news stories about snow leopards in China. Juan Li, a young Ph.D. student  has created this Google map of snow leopards reported during the 20 year period of 1990-2009 by searching the Google News Archive. She says”  I am a Ph.D candidate of conservation biology, in Center for Nature and Society, Peking university. And my supervisor is Lu Zhi. I did this map,...

Snow leopard with cub at Darjeeling Zoo. Photo Darjeeling Zoo. The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling, northern India has launched a two year project to research the nocturnal behavior of its snow leopards by keeping the animal under infra-red camera surveillance. The zoo, which has had a successful breeding program for many years, currently has six female and five male snow leopards. The most recent births were 3 cubs...

KarmaQuest’s snow leopard ecotour saw a wild snow leopard in Ladakh, India. Photo by Brian Keating. Yes, we believe it can. To share  information on snow leopard ecotourism I’ve added a page about travel and conservation companies offering  trips to snow leopard regions. There’s  information on what ecotourism trips offer, what you can expect if you go on a snow leopard ecotour and how such trips contribute to local community...