The final verdict is that I'm glad I read this, even though I was not swayed by its central argument. Oleg and Irina Loginov are fighting to save the snow leopard in Kazakhstan and this book is photographic journey through snow leopard habitat and the challenges they face in their range countries. The only sighting of the snow leopard is literally mentioned in the last 3 pages - and he doesn't go into much detail because he wasn't even there. As a protector she guards an infinity of mountain realms and the people in them but it is time to find some-one to take her place. I had read some of his fiction, loving the way his adventuresome novel Far Tartuga (1975) made me feel.

She initiated and led the development of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) records-training programs for use of Species360 software and was Co-Administrator of the Institutional Records-Keeping Course for 19 years. And update 2022: they are still there, and the species is still not extinct in the world, if not thriving. Yet these folks were so kind and so hospitable that they even were able to forgive the fact that I couldn’t eat their meat–even though vegetarianism is unheard-of (and impossible) in a country where people eat almost nothing but milk and meat. It’s a treasure trove of stories, including contributions from some of SLT’s field staff and snow leopard biologists.

In The Big Snow Leopard Book for Kids, from top-selling non-fiction author Jenny Kellett, you will learn over 100 fascinating facts about snow leopards that kids will love. It is almost as if we have our backpack along with him and biologist, George Schaller, as they climb in the remote Dolpo region of the Tibetan Plateau to observe the blue sheep and solve the evolutionary mystery of their origins.

In Explore My World Snow Leopards, curious kids ages 3 to 7 will be excited to learn about rare and beautiful snow leopards: their habitat, how they've adapted for a cold climate, and how they care for and teach their cubs. Though not the first to climb Everest, Matthiesssen does it when it’s remains somewhat virgin territory. She serves as the Ex Situ/ In Situ Liaison on the Management Committee of the IUCN Otter Specialist Group.The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists it as a “threatened” species; it is estimated that fewer than 10,000 snow leopards survive in the wild, and their numbers have been steadily reduced by poaching and habitat loss. This is a Holy grail story, but as you remember from the story of Parzifal, you don't just have to know what question to ask, you also have to know that you are meant to ask a question. Here, the journey begins with the goal of being able to see the ever elusive snow leopard in a very remote part of the Himalayas.