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“Pallas’s Cat universal status assessment and action plan outlining” seminar in Sweden

by pourmir December 29, 2018
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The Nordens Ark Zoo in Sweden held a seminar with the aim of assessing the global situation of the Pallas’s Cat and setting up a conservation program. Researchers from Pallas’s distribution regions from 13 countries participated, including the Iranian Cheetah Society(ICS), Iran’s Department of Environment (DoE) and some Iranian NGOs. This meeting sponsored by the Pallas’s cat International Conservation Alliance (PICA) and the Cat Specialist Group (CatSG) of IUCN in November 2018. The compile of available knowledge from various aspects of ecology and the conservation requirements of Pallas’ cat from all over its territory, and the following-up to the publish a magazine, special issue of this small feline by the team of feline’s experts were the achievements of the meeting. Besides, procurements were made to prepare the Universal Action Pallas’ cat Plan at the meeting, which will be released shortly by the organizers.
Pallas’s cat also called Otocolobus manul is one of the six small cats which exist in Iran as well. Like all the other felines in Iran, there is a little knowledge of Pallas’ cat about its ecology and status. Researchers of the ICS reviewed the knowledge of the Persian Pallas’s cat in Iran in the “Cat News” special issue published in 2016 by the CatSG and in collaboration with DoE and a group of researchers.
On a global scale, this small feline is on the range of “near threaten” in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and its status is ambiguous in many countries. The meeting was a step of a series of efforts to better understanding the current situation and the needs of the Pallas’s cat for better protection throughout the global distribution of this species.
December 29, 2018 0 comments
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Asiatic Cheetah Conservation Program

A workshop to share the cheetah conservation experiences of South Africa

by pourmir December 25, 2018
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During the stay of Vincent Van Der Merwe from Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) in Tehran, a workshop has been held to transfer the experiences of protecting the cheetahs in South Africa to the Iranian experts.
The presentation held in the Department of Environment and local DoE authorities, central DoE officers and NGOs attended in the meeting.
In this two days workshop, several subjects were discussed about the cheetah such as different approaches of conservation in the world, global experiences of ex-situ reproduction, metapopulation management in South Africa and the importance of ecotourism in conservation.
The Iranian Cheetah Society facilitated the holding of this workshop and translated the speech for the audiences and in fact, tried to gather the experts to share their ideas for a more effective conservation plan.

December 25, 2018 0 comments
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Experts of ICS and EWT (Endangered Wildlife Trust) visited Miandasht Wildlife Refuge

by pourmir December 24, 2018
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Vincent Van Der Merwe, a member of Endangered Wildlife Trust in South Africa and ICS’s experts were accompanied to visit one of the most important habitats of cheetahs. During this three days trip, an overall presentation was given about ICS’s projects and activities since 2001 in the area. Some of the main topics were the program of supplying water for cheetahs, repairing windpumps, a campaign for employing two rangers, surveying the impact of livestock presence in the area, and cheetah monitoring in Miandasht WR.
The visit accompanied by DoE’s managers, officers, and rangers of Northern Khorasan Province and Jajarm city.

December 24, 2018 0 comments
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14 languages, 14 posters of Asiatic cheetah

by pourmir December 4, 2018
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We are grateful to translate and publish the Asiatic cheetah infographic poster in 14 languages with the help our international members and friends. The high-quality files are available to download in jpeg format in the following languages:
Persian, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Afrikaans
Please help us sharing the knowledge and raising awareness about the critically endangered Asiatic cheetah.

To download posters please click here

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Asiatic Cheetah Population Monitoring Program

The dominant male cheetah of Miandasht died in road accident

by pourmir November 18, 2018
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On Thursday evening, Yarqoli, the dominant male cheetah of Miandasht Wildlife Refuge that was captured several times by camera-traps died in an accident.

During the recent monitoring project in Miandasht Wildlife Refuge, the only cheetah captured by the camera-traps seemed to be the dominant male of the area. Based on the veterinarian review this cheetah was 6-8 years old when sadly got killed in road accident.

ICS will continue the Cheetah Monitoring Program within the protected areas hoped to find a new population or individuals very soon.

November 18, 2018 0 comments
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ICS surveys Miandasht for cheetahs, again

by pourmir October 15, 2018
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Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in North Khorasan Province, north-eastern Iran, is the long-term project site of the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS). As one of the few sites known to host a reproducing cheetah population in Iran, our scientists have been studying the local cheetah population for over a decade. Since 2011, ICS scientists have intensively used camera traps to monitor the Miandasht cheetahs. In 2017, our team had to abandon its fieldwork in Miandasht as legal authorities. It took over one year to obtain the necessary permissions to re-launch the survey of Miandasht.

Our team is now working with the local wildlife authority and Miandasht’s rangers to provide an up-to-date status assessment of the cheetah population. Some of the new camera-trap photos from Miandasht can been seen here. Learn about how you can help us to continue this work.

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Local herder engaged through the “Water for Cheetahs” campaign, spotted two Asiatic cheetahs

by pourmir October 9, 2018
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In 2015, our team launched a campaign to provide water for Asiatic cheetahs and their natural prey in Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in North Khorasan Province. Because of excessive livestock grazing and a prolonged drought, local rangers used to spend a significant portion of their working hours supplying water for artificial water sites (‘wildlife drinkers’) inside Miandasht, which, in turn, negatively affected their anti-poaching patrolling of the reserve. Through the “Water for Cheetahs” campaign, the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) has been able to raise funding to enroll a local herder to assist Miandasht rangers in the water provision for wildlife.

On July 23rd, 2018, the local wildlife authority reported that this local assistant has spotted two adult Asiatic cheetahs near one of the artificial wildlife drinkers. Miandasht is believed to support one of the last two viable cheetah sub-populations in Iran. Thanks to private donors and our partner organization World Land Trust, we have been able to continue the “Water for Cheetahs” campaign in 2018. Learn about how you can help us to continue this work in here.

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Another long-distance movement by an Asiatic cheetah recorded in central Iran

by pourmir October 6, 2018
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On July 8th, 2018, a camera-trap set by Yazd Department of the Environment photographed an Asiatic cheetah in Bahabad No-Hunting Area. Located in Yazd Province in central Iran, this is the first hard evidence of cheetah occurrence in Bahabad since 2012. Our researchers compared this new photo with those of identified cheetah individuals during our Cheetah Monitoring Program. Surprisingly, the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) researchers identified this cheetah as a male cheetah known to us as “Arash”. Arash has been photo-captured by our camera-traps in Naybandan Wildlife Refuge in South Khorasan Province, over 150 km away from Bahabad.

Arash ID Card

Arash ID Card

 

ICS camera-traps have recorded multiple long-distance movements by Asiatic cheetahs in central Iran since 2012, some even up to 217 km between the furthest known locations. Disturbingly, no female cheetahs or any hard evidence of cheetah reproduction has been recorded in the Southern Cheetah Landscape, including the Yazd Province, since 2012. These findings suggest improving protection beyond the current network of protected areas, particularly through biological corridors, must be a top priority in plans to save the Asiatic cheetah in Iran.

October 6, 2018 0 comments
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ICS study confirms transboundary leopard movements between Azerbaijan and Iran in the Caucasus

by June 20, 2018
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Together with researchers from WWF, Iran Department of Environment and the Humboldt University of Berlin, ICS researchers have published the first confirmed evidence of transboundary leopard movements between Azerbaijan and Iran in the Caucasus Ecoregion.

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It has been speculated for a long time that Persian leopards in Azerbaijan and Armenia might be connected with leopard populations in the Iranian Caucasus, or even depend on these populations as a source for dispersing individuals. However, no confirmed evidence of leopard movements between Iran and either of these two countries had been documented. Comparing photos of a Persian leopard poached in Gilan Province of Iran with camera-trap photographs obtained 30 km away (straight-line distance) from Hirkan National Park in Azerbaijan allowed our researchers to identify this leopard. This incident supports a previous ICS study that predicted the Talysh Mountains to be a critical linkage for connecting the border landscape between Iran, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the presumed source leopard population in the Alborz Mountains in Northern Iran.
ICS’ research on Persian leopards in the Iranian Caucasus is generously supported by World Land Trust (WLT) and Iran Department of Environment.

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The sub-adult cheetah who missed his mother in a road accident is alive!

by مدیر سایت October 5, 2016
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In 2012, the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS)’s camera-traps in Miandasht Wildlife Refuge in North-eastern Iran, photo-trapped a female cheetah with three cubs. This photo was one of the first confirmed evidences of a family of cheetahs with more than one cub in this reserve. Monitoring this family for several months, but it took more than two years to photo-capture this female cheetah again. This time, a new male cub was detected accompanying the female cheetah.

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Unfortunately, this female cheetah was killed in a road accident in vicinity of Touran Protected Area, over than 30 km  away in the south in May 2016. The local wildlife authority with the aid of Conservation of the Asiatic Cheetah Project and a few NGOs patrolled the area for several days to make sure that the sub-adult male cheetah would not try to pass the road, as his mother and at least five other cheetahs had been killed on this spot during the past five years. Experts believed that this 14-month-old cheetah would not be able to survive without his mother, but attempts to capture the animal was unsuccessful. The young cheetah disappeared after a few days and was never spotted again during the past months.

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Five months later, camera traps deployed by Wildlife Pictures Institute in Miandasht has surprisingly captured the young male cheetah again! Comparison of the individually-unique coat pattern of a new adult cheetah camera-trapped in Miandasht proved the survival of this young cheetah during the past months. The survival of this cheetah is certainly a source of hope and motivation for Iranian conservationists, as well as conservation attempts to save the Critically Endangered Asiatic cheetah from extinction.

October 5, 2016 0 comments
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