A year on from when Asa became fully wild I have to admit that many of the issues recently have me wishing that I was back at 3000m living with the leopard. As my posts of late have reflected there are so many agendas and complications in wildlife conservation. The time up there with Asa meant some of the toughest days of my life but at least the objective was simple. Still, the purity of wilderness will mean the motivation to keep going is always there...
In Nepal the word "Tiger" can refer to any of the wild cat species including the Forest Leopard (panthera pardus). This incredibly adaptive cat has been my focus for several years now and I'm striving to improve co-existence between people and the leopard... This blog brings updates of our ground level work linked to wildtiger.org - wildleopard.net
Friday, May 6, 2016
Hard days but a simple objective...
A year on from when Asa became fully wild I have to admit that many of the issues recently have me wishing that I was back at 3000m living with the leopard. As my posts of late have reflected there are so many agendas and complications in wildlife conservation. The time up there with Asa meant some of the toughest days of my life but at least the objective was simple. Still, the purity of wilderness will mean the motivation to keep going is always there...
Now blogging at wildleopard.net - thanks for your support!
Many thanks to those who have been following this blog as well as prior to that The Asa Diaries and TigerTrek. I'm now blogging a...
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Two more people killed by leopards in last thirty six hours in South Asia, including a six year old girl in Baitadi, west Nepal. On averag...
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Way behind in replies, will get there, always do, just takes time. The leopard Dipnani is doing well, a long way to go in the process bu...
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My piece below is reference to the article written for Onward Nepal by senior environment journalist, researcher, colleague and friend,...