Follow the latest news from the Valley of the Cats. Photos from camera traps, events and the local families will appear here. Unless otherwise stated, all footage courtesy of ShanShui Conservation Center and the local community.
和我们一起关注昂赛“大猫谷”的最新资讯吧！红外相机捕捉到的照片，缤彩纷呈的活动和当地家庭的风貌都会展现在这里。^_^
2 February 2019
A compilation of video clips of Common Leopard from the Valley of the Cats. Common Leopard is rarely seen in the Valley of the Cats but from camera trap footage, we know that there is a healthy population. Just watch that tail twitching!
And we fell in love with this photo of a Common Leopard from one of the camera traps in the Valley of the Cats.
1 February 2019
Some wonderful intimate footage of a female Snow Leopard with her two cubs taken in the Valley of the Cats in late 2018. Be sure to watch full screen, with sound to hear the growls about three quarters of the way through.. and make sure to watch to the end for a funny finale!
31 January 2019
Some recent camera trap video and images of Pallas’s Cat (Otocolobus manul) from the Valley of the Cats, including a wonderful clip of one rolling in the snow. Pallas’s Cat manages to look cute and grumpy at the same time. It is not common in the Valley but there are a few locations where the habitat is suitable, especially areas with large pika populations.
1 January 2019
Happy New Year from the Valley of the Cats!
We can now announce the price structure for 2019. Accommodation and food will be CNY 300 per person per night. And a vehicle and guide will be CNY 1000 per day (this can be shared with up to three people in one vehicle).
10 December 2018
We are delighted to announce that, in 2018, 61 groups of visitors stayed in the Valley of the Cats as part of the community-based wildlife tourism project. These trips have generated revenue of CNY 432,400 (almost GBP 50,000) for the community. That’s just under CNY 20,000 (GBP 2,200) of benefit for each of the 22 families involved in the project. At the same time, many visitors have enjoyed the trip of a lifetime, including special encounters with some of the resident wildlife such as Snow Leopard, Common Leopard, Wolf, Asian Brown Bear, Lynx, Tibetan and Red Fox and much more. Thank you to everyone who has supported the project in 2018 and we look forward to a wildlife-filled 2019!
3 December 2018
A Spanish wildlife watcher and his son braved the winter temperatures (-20) for the final visit of 2018 and were fortunate to catch sight of a Snow Leopard!
8 November 2018
Two photos from a recent visit by Cédric Libert and Nicolas Gaidet.
28 September 2018
Photos from a camera trap in the Valley of the Cats go viral on social media and covered by The Mail Online and Fox News.
26 September 2018
It’s been a busy month in the Valley with several groups visiting both from China and overseas. SNOW LEOPARDS have been seen at three different sites and there have been some great numbers (20+) of WOLF reported, as well as a sighting of LYNX on 24 September 2018 (James Eaton, Rob Hutchinson, Dan Brown and Rachael Ivesen-Brown). Video below by Professor Per Alström.
21-24 July 2018
NatureWatch2018 took place in the Valley of the Cats, organised by the local government and ShanShui Conservation Center. Twenty teams from across China and overseas competed to photograph as many mammals, birds and plants as possible over the four days. In total, 13 species of mammal, 73 species of bird, 315 species of plant and 4 species of reptile were recorded. Eight teams were fortunate to encounter SNOW LEOPARD and the image below by Hui Lang, not surprisingly, won the prize for best photo!
由当地政府和山水自然保护中心联合举办的2018年昂赛国际自然
3 July 2018
Preparations are underway for the 2018 Wildlife Watching Festival taking place in the Valley of the Cats from 14-18 July 2018. Not surprisingly, the event is fully subscribed with a long waiting list! More news soon…
2018昂赛国际自然观察节开幕在即，帐篷们已经搭好了，就等参
1 July 2018
The month-long harvest of the valuable caterpillar fungus has come to an end. It’s been a good year and it appears to have been a good harvest. The local people are happy!
虫草季结束啦，老乡们收成不错！
10 May 2018
2018年5月10日
A local horse looking her best takes a selfie with a camera trap in the Valley of the Cats!
牧民家马在红外相机前的帅气自拍！
5 May 2018
2018年5月5日
Local yak herder, Bading, captured this photo of a LEOPARD in the Valley of the Cats
当地牧民巴丁在“大猫谷”拍到了雪豹的照片。
3 May 2018
2018年5月3日
A TIBETAN WOLF nonchalantly passed the ShanShui Research Centre in the Valley of the Cats. Caught on camera by the researchers.
一只狼大摇大摆地路过位于“大猫谷”的保护工作站。研究员拍摄。
1 May 2018
2018年5月1日
Local schoolchildren in the Valley of the Cats (Namsei/Angsai) learned about recycling and later collected trash in exchange for pencils and notebooks.
昂赛当地小学生在学习垃圾分类与回收的知识之后，用捡到的垃圾换取铅笔和笔记本。
7 April 2018
2018年4月7日
The local horse festival is a major annual event where the local people can showcase their horses and their riding skills.
马术节是一年一度的盛大节日，给当地人提供了展示爱马和马术的机会。
12 March 2018
2018年3月12日
The latest batch of photos from camera traps run by the local yak herders.
牧民监测员拍摄到的最新照片。
Also, two fantastic photos of LEOPARD.
看！两只威武的金钱豹。
