What’s New
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Snow Leopard Conservancy
Read Darla and Rodney’s feature story in the current issue of Himalayas Nepal Magazine.
2012 Indianapolis Prize Nominees Announced
Our President and ground-breaking biologist Rodney Jackson has been nominated once again for the Indianapolis Prize-the world’s leading award for animal conservation!
You may read more.
Disney Friends for Change Chooses Snow Leopards
We just got this message from the folks at Disney:
Since Disney’s earliest days, the environment and conservation have been recurring themes addressed through our films and creative content. Disney’s Friends for Change is an initiative that helps inspire kids and families to join together and make a positive impact on their world (and the people and animals that live there) and through the Friends for Change website, kids around the world had the chance to vote on which of five projects they believed should receive the largest amount of funding.
The global votes have been tallied and we are pleased to inform you that Wildlife Conservation Network/Snow Leopard Conservancy’s “Saving the Ghost–Cat’s Snowy Habitat” project has been selected by voters to receive a $50,000 grant from Disney’s Friends for Change.
Many thanks to everyone at Disney and to everyone who voted for Snow Leopards!
Rinchen Wangchuk Honored
Rinchen Wangchuk, Founder-Director of the Snow Leopard Conservancy–India Trust, has received an Award for Outstanding Achievements in Community-Based Snow Leopard Conservation.
This award was presented to Rinchen by the Snow Leopard Conservancy U.S., to honor Rinchen’s pioneering role in the development of community-based conservation initiatives
that are shifting local herders’ perception of the snow leopard from a predatory pest to be trapped or poisoned for killing their livestock to a valued asset worth more alive
than dead... Read more>>>
An Update on the Proposed Snow Leopard Hunt in Mongolia
The Snow Leopard Network, of which the Snow Leopard Conservancy is a member, co-ordinated a sustained campaign and collaborated closely with Mongolian institutions and scientists to oppose the Government’s earlier decision. SLN’s Executive Director met with the Minister of Nature, Environment and Tourism, Luimed Gansukh, on 21st March. On 22nd March, the Minister’s office conducted a meeting to discuss this issue with representatives of all leading Mongolian conservation institutions and the SLN. Following this meeting, on 23rd March, the Government decided to cancel its earlier permission to kill this endangered cat.
We are very happy to share the news. Read the text of the press release on our blog.