In Search of SNOW LEOPARDS
Tags: SNOW leopard; ENDANGERED species
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- The snow leopard: Elusive and endangered. Anandakrishnan, Martha Bright // E: The Environmental Magazine;Sep/Oct98, Vol. 9 Issue 5, p18
Provides information on snow leopards. Estimated number of snow leopards as of 1998; Information on a snow leopard research project conducted by Joseph L. Fox, a wildlife biologist; Why snow leopards are hunted.
- AZA species survival plan profile: snow leopard Wharton, Dan // Endangered Species Update;Nov/Dec1997, Vol. 14 Issue 11/12, p13
No abstract available.
- Snow Leopard Rescue. Elder, Scott // National Geographic Kids;Dec2007/Jan2008, Issue 376, p26
This article focuses on a snow leopard cub who was rescued by a herder and wildlife officials in Pakistan. The cub was found by a herder in the mountains. Her mother was possibly killed by a hunter. The herder took home the cub and raised it. But he decided to seek help from wildlife officials....
- More Room to Roam. Thompson, Sharon // National Geographic Kids;Dec2003, Issue 336, p8
Deals with the decision of the government of Kazakhstan to allocate additional acres of protected land for the endangered snow leopard. Places where the snow leopard lives; Number of acres of protected land allocated by the government for the snow leopard; Recognition given by the World...
- COPYCAT PAGE: CATS! // Amazing Mammals: Part II;2005, p88
The article presents information on mammals that bear resemblance with cats species. The high mountains of Central Asia are home to the snow leopard. There, this cat often dens in caves and stalks wild sheep, goats, and deer. It reports that no other mammals can run faster than a cheetah. This...
- Wildlife. Banting, Erinn // Afghanistan: The Land;2003, p30
This article describes wildlife in Afghanistan. Most of Afghanistan is desert or semi-desert, but there are many plants and animals, especially in the mountains and valleys. Flying above the mountains and valleys are falcons, eagles, and vultures searching for food. Scattered through the Hindu...
- Helping, Half a World Away. DeWeerdt, Sarah // Earth Island Journal;Autumn2004, Vol. 19 Issue 3, Special Section p12
Focuses on the efforts of the International Snow Leopard Trust (ISLT) in the conservation of the natural habitat of snow leopards in the mountain ranges of Central Asia. Impact of growing human populations on the environment of wildlife animals; Reason behind the development of the Snow Leopard...
- Saving the snow leopard. // Journal of College Science Teaching;Mar2012, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p13
The article reports that Monash University scientists have successfully produced induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from the snow leopard. It is said that the iPS cells may help to preserve the endangered species through cryopreservation of genetic materials for either cloning or assisted...
- Standardizing the double-observer survey method for estimating mountain ungulate prey of the endangered snow leopard. Suryawanshi, Kulbhushansingh; Bhatnagar, Yash; Mishra, Charudutt // Oecologia;Jul2012, Vol. 169 Issue 3, p581
Mountain ungulates around the world have been threatened by illegal hunting, habitat modification, increased livestock grazing, disease and development. Mountain ungulates play an important functional role in grasslands as primary consumers and as prey for wild carnivores, and monitoring of...
