Pallas Cat Study and Conservation Program

What's new on website?

December 29, 2009
About winter survey of Pallas' Cat in the Altai Mountains

July 25, 2009
The continuation of study Pallas Cat maternal behaviour in the Daursky Biosphere Reserve

July 23, 2009
The new articles on the behaviour and physiology of Pallas' cat in Moscow Zoo were added in Publications

June 25, 2009
The expedition to Kazakhstan to obtain data on Pallas Cat has been finished

April 30, 2009
New project on study Pallas' cat conservation status in Kazakhstan began

April 27, 2009
The Art of local children, Altai Republic

March 6, 2009
About Pallas' cat distribution and habitats in Iran

February 24, 2009
New project on Pallas' cat conservation status update in Altai Mountain Area began

February 11, 2009
On Pallas' cat first findings in Iran (2008) - the article in Cat News

November 23, 2008
On Pallas' cat in Mongolia (extracts, 1954) you can read in the article by A.G. Bannikov - in Russian only

November 22, 2008
About seasonal fluctuations of the behavioral activity, nutritional requirements, and weight of Pallas' Cats read in the article by T.S. Demina (extracts, 2006)

June 10, 2008
New photos of Pallas' cat in nature! you can see in the photogallery

January 25, 2008
On Pallas' cat in Kazakhstan you can read in the article by Yu.K. Zinchenko - in Russian only

January 18, 2008
The Pallas' Cat in the East Kazakhstan - the new project of Pallas Cat Study and Conservation Program

January 17, 2008
On wild cat species number and distribution in the USSR (extracts, 1973) you can read in the article by A.A. Sludski - in Russian only

November 14, 2007
about Pallas' cat in CITES Manual (1992)

November 3, 2007
You can see about Pallas' cat in China Red Data Book (1998)

October 27, 2007
There is new information about Pallas Cat in Turkmenistan. You can see the summary in new Red Data Book of Turkmenistan, and also the full article in Red Data Book of Turkmenistan - only in Russian.

October 1, 2007
The report of the project on clarifying Pallas Cat conservation status in Russia

August 14, 2007
On Pallas' Cat at the East Sayan and in Tunka Valley (2007) you can read in the article by Dmitry Medvedev - in Russian only

July 14, 2007
The articles about Pallas Cat in Red Book of Buryatia Republic (2005) were added - in Russian page only

July 5, 2007
Exploring the Ecologic Basis for Extreme Susceptibility of Pallas' Cats (Otocolobus manul) to Fatal Toxoplasmosis (2005) - see the article on Pallas' Cat toxoplasmosis

July 1, 2007
The articles about Pallas Cat in Krasnoyarsk Red Book (2000) and about Pallas Cat in Red Book of Khakassia Republic (2004), Russian Federation were added - in Russian page only

May 19, 2007
There is new information about Pallas Cat in Mongolia. You can see the article in the Mongolian Red List of Mammals (2006)

May 3, 2007
About Pallas' cat illegal trade in Mongolia - extracts from the volume "Silent Steppe: The Illegal Wildlife Trade Crisis in Mongolia" (July 2006)

March 1, 2007
Pallas Cat surveys in Burytia (February, 2007) - the investigation in the frames of Program

December 28, 2006
Pallas Cat surveys in the Altai Republic (December, 2006) - the investigation in the frames of Program

November 28, 2006
Some Statistics on the Breeding of Pallas' cats in the European Population (2003) by Irina Alekseicheva was added to the articles

August 25, 2006
Meeting with Pallas' Cats in Daursky nature reserve, Chita region, Russia

August 1, 2006
To clarify current conservation status of Pallas' Cat in Russia - the new project of Pallas Cat Study and Conservation Program

February 1, 2006
There is new information about Pallas Cat in Kyrgyzstan. You can see the article in new Red Data Book of Kyrgyzstan, and also photos of Pallas Cat's habitats in Kyrgyzstan.

January 16, 2006
You can see Photo gallery on Pallas Cat, his habitats, competitors and preys

December 24, 2005
Full photos became available on the website

December 10, 2005
Pallas cat in the USA Zoos - in the articles of Martha Caron and Bill Swanson (2005 Felid TAG Conference Proceedings)

December 7, 2005
New data on mammals of Kazakhstan including Pallas' Cat in the article of Erjanov N.T.

November 15, 2005
"The cat in a steppe: what is known about Pallas cat status in Russia?" - some results of project "Save the Manul: Initial Step" (published in the Steppe Bulletin, №19, 2005 - translated from Russian)

October 20
James Murdoch..."Conserving the elusive Pallas' Cat and other carnivores of the Mongolian steppes" - article on Pallas' Cat and other carnivores study in Mongolia

October 20
Links to websites about Pallas' Cat, other wild cats, and their defenders

October 17
The territory of Daursky Nature Reserve was enlarged - in Russian version only

October 17
Recent findings of Pallas' Cat in Buryatia - in Russian version only

October 10
Pallas cat in Red Data Book of Azerbajan - in Russian version only

October 10
About Ikh Nartiin Chuluun Nature Reserve, Mongolia

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