Tandoureh

November 4, 2016

Master chef pledges support for leopard conservation

Saman Golriz, a well-known Iranian chef who has taught Persian cuisine on national TV for the past 21 years, visited the Project in Tandoureh National Park. […]
October 18, 2016
Rangers

Tandoureh’s rangers thanked

Following three years of working together to improve leopard conservation in Tandoureh National Park, a ceremony to thank and acknowledge park rangers for their efforts and […]
September 4, 2016
leopards collar

Young leopard’s collar drops off in Turkmenistan

Kaveh, a young male who was collared in early September 2015, lost his collar after one year within Turkmenistan. Left on the ground nearly two kilometers […]
August 14, 2016
Persian Leopard in Turkmenistan

Borzou spotted again

The third leopard to have been collared in Tandoureh National Park, Borzou is an old male who carried a GPS collar for one year. The collar […]
July 19, 2016
During 2014, few hundreds of fecal samples were collected to understand dietary pattern of the leopards across three national parks in Northeastern Iran, Tandoureh, Sarigol, and Salouk. Elmira Sharbafi, a recent Master’s degree graduate in Biodiversity Management, who finished her thesis on leopard food habits in Iran using fecal analysis, joined the Project to share her expertise for illuminating dietary characteristics of the leopards in northeastern Iran. In addition, Iran Department of Environment lab has been extremely helpful to host the word and data collected. Thus far, more than 300 fecal samples have been analyzed. Such findings are essential ecological aspects of our Project, because they shed light on importance of different prey species across three National Parks for the leopard survival. Also, the research findings enable us to explore extant and intensity of human-leopard conflict to take proper actions to halt threats.

Study of leopard predation patterns in northeast Iran

During 2014, a few hundred fecal samples were collected to gain a better understanding of the dietary patterns of leopards across three national parks in northeastern […]
May 25, 2016
biologists

How many leopards roam in Tandoureh?

One of the oldest questions among experts and biologists in Iran is the size of the country’s leopard population, so the Foundation is putting in a […]