06/22/12
A brown bear family sighted in Hundrap, Ghizer
Link: http://pamirtimes.net/2012/06/22/a-brown-bear-family-sighted-hundrap-gilgit-baltistan/
A brown bear family sighted in Hundrap, Ghizer
Our Correspondent
Gilgit, June 21: The Snow Leopard Foundation, Pakistan, has said that a family of Brown Bear has been sighted in Hundrap area of Phandar, located in Ghizer District of Gilgit - Baltistan. According to a press statement members of an occupancy survey team sighted the Brown Bear family from an approximate distance of almost 100m.
The site occupancy survey in Pahndar was a two week activity to document occurrence of large carnivores, the press statement states, in which an area comprising of 51 grid cells (5 x 5 km each) were searched by six experienced researchers. The main localities surveyed included Langer, Barsit, Teru, Hundrab, Serbal and Chashi. The presence of brown bear, wolf, fox and ibex was confirmed in different parts of the area through their signs. Sighting of brown bear in Hundrab strengthened the evidences.
Gupis: The surveyors think that the population of the endangered Brown Bear in Hundrap might be very small. PR
12/01/06
Snow Leopard Diary in Chitral Gol National Park
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6159767.stm
A research project is underway to learn more about the elusive snow leopard. A team has travelled to the Chitral Gol National Park in the Pakistan-Afghanistan borders to attach GPS collars to five of the cats, to understand more about the animals' movements. With one snow leopard successfully tagged, the team is hopeful its mission will be a success, and the team members will be charting their progress for the BBC News website. The first entry is by project leader Tom McCarthy.
Read the Diary entries here
12/01/06
Device on leopard yields important data
Link: http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/30/local35.htm
Device on leopard yields important data
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The satellite-tracking collar fitted on a snow leopard before it was released in the Chitral Gol National Park earlier this month, has fed back unprecedented data on her movements.
12/01/06
Migratory birds start arriving
Link: http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/28/nat23.htm
Migratory birds start arriving
PESHAWAR, Nov 27: Houbara bustard, a coveted quarry of falconers, have started their journey from freezing Central Asian states to Pakistan. “The migratory birds arrive here every year in November from Siberia, Mongolia and Central Asian republics and return in February-March,” Dr Mumtaz Malik, Chief Conservator NWFP Wildlife Department told APP here on Sunday.
12/01/06
Giraffes await transit permits
Link: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\11\28\story_28-11-2006_pg13_2
Giraffes await transit permits
LAHORE: Three giraffes, one male and two females, will be seen at Lahore Zoo within a week, Lahore Zoo authorities have said. Contrary to this, transit permits for the giraffes have not yet been issued from Brazil, Punjab Wildlife Department (PWD) sources have told Daily Times. Lahore Zoo Director Yousaf Pal has said that giraffes would be bought for Rs 7.4 million, adding Lahoris would see giraffes after 11 years as the last giraffe at the zoo died in 1995. He also said that these giraffes would be brought from South Africa as the people of Lahore were demanding giraffes at Zoo. PWD sources said that Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Geneva had given permits for the import of giraffes to Pakistan. staff report
11/27/06
Snow leopard fitted with GPS tag
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6188482.stm
Snow leopard fitted with GPS tag
By Rebecca Morelle
BBC News
The habits of the most elusive of the big cats, the snow leopard, may no longer remain such a mystery.
For the first time, a team has fitted a snow leopard with a Global Positioning System (GPS) collar to track the secretive creature's movements.
