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NEWS
June 3, 2008
Zabaikalie: manul kittens-foundlings in Daursky reserve
 Two domestic cats became mothers for 4 Pallas' cats kittens. The kittens were found during reconstruction of old livestock farm..
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May 5, 2008
Zabaikalie: who demands our manuls?
The Inquiry Department of Zabaikalsk Custom House has brought the criminal case against smuggler. The resident of Chita region tried to transport 140 Pallas's cats' skins to China.
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December 12, 2007
Altai Republic: will it be the reserve for Pallas cats too?
It has been decided to create a new nature reserve in Altai on the meeting of the Government of the Altai Republic. The new reserve named "The Sailughem" will be situated in Kosh-Agachski district of Republic. It will consist of two parts and include places of high conservation value for many endangered species.
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October 1, 2007
Program news: news about Pallas Cat in Russia
The project "Pallas Cat: Investigation for Saving (Clarifying Conservation Status in Russia)" has been finished and summed up. This project was conducted by the initiative group in cooperation with local specialists. The research was supported by the People's Trust for Endangered Species, several scientific institutions of Russia and private persons.
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April 30, 2007
Mongolia: Pallas Cats are on free sale
When surveying souvenir and art shops in the center of Ulaanbaatar the goods made from Pallas Cat fir were found.
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RECENT ARTICLES
Pallas cat
Yu.K. Zinchenko
ANNOTATION
The author describes Pallas' cat's exterior and behavior and gives some information on Pallas' cat distribution in the world. He separately sais about Pallas' cat in Kazakhstan. The author notes that there are the threats to this species and it is necessary to take measures to prevent its dissappearing. The main reasons of cats' deaths are shepherd's dogs and poaching. It is clear that Pallas' cat habitats have been reduced. One of the measures to conserve this species in Kazakhstan can be the creation of new nature reserves.
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Wild cat species number and distribution in the USSR (extracts), 1973
A.A. Sludski
ANNOTATION
All wild cat species distribution in the former USSR is fully described in the article. They are European and African wild cats, leopard cat, chaus, lynx, caracal, Pallas cat, sand cat, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah. The description was made from the long-term author's investigations, the analises of annual fur harvests, and literary data. It is made the cats number. The separate part is devoted to Pallas' cat.
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Otocolobus manul
CITES, APPENDIX II
About Pallas' Cat in CITES Manual (1992). 204 kb
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Manul at the East Sayan and in Tunka Valley
D.G. Medvedev
ANNOTATION
In Tunka valley and on the east extremity of the East Sayan since 1985 till 2006 data about manul, cat's species which is exclusively rare for these places have been collected. In a ridge Tunkinsky alpinetundra belt and in some parts of a valley meetings of the manul, its traces, facts of the illegal extraction occurred as a rule is casual are registered. Manul's comings in its east part located in territory of Irkutsk area are noted also. It is established, that main and constant places of manul habitation is the Alpine part of a southern macroslope of a ridge Tunkinsky alpinetundra belt at the territory of republic Buryatiya. Manul is a new species for East Sayan and Tunkinsky national park. It is necessary for employees of the Tunkinsky national park to improve protection of a place of manul habitation and to strengthen struggle against its illegal extraction.
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