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FROM THE DIRECTOR BOARD CHAIR & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seeing a snow leopard in the wild is truly

sensational. All at once your senses are

overwhelmed with amazement, joy, and something

deeper—a sense of connection to primeval nature.

It was day eight of the Conservancy’s 2007

Quest for the Snow Leopard in Ladakh when a

herder alerted us to a beautiful cat, on a kill above

the trail. What a rare privilege, to have been

allowed into his world, to marvel at his presence

for a full hour, until it got too dark to see.

In 2013, two consecutive Quest groups snow-

camped at the site of our good luck, hoping for the

chance to see a wild snow leopard. Between the

two groups there were fifteen sightings, repre-

senting five individual cats making their home in

Hemis National Park.

There is no better measure of success for our

conservation program than this peaceful co-

existence between a once-despised predator and

the herders who now see the cats as jewels of the

mountains.

We are grateful to our wonderful community of

financial partners for taking this journey with us to

lead the way in facilitating grassroots involvement

in conservation. And we’re excited about the

future.

In October this year, delegates from all twelve

snow leopard range countries met in Kyrgyzstan to

sign the Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem

Protection Plan (GSLEP). See page 12 for details.

Participants set the goal of securing twenty

landscape-level snow leopard populations by the

year 2020 — “20 by 2020.” This means each

population will have at least 100 breeding-age snow

leopards safeguarded through the involvement of

local communities. Each landscape will support

adequate and secure prey populations and have

functional connectivity to other snow leopard

landscapes, some of which cross international

boundaries.

These goals are ambitious to say the least. It

takes time to build an effective conservation

initiative. Thirteen years after we helped establish

SLC-India in Ladakh, we can say that snow

leopards in a 150-square-mile portion of Hemis

Park are secure. Hemis Park covers 1,293 square

miles, and at best would harbor 50-60 snow

leopards. To meet the GSLEP goal, areas

surrounding the park, as well as Zanskar, the

remote region to the southwest, would also need to

meet the criteria.

Collaborative, community-based conservation

action will continue to be vital as we move forward

with the promise and momentum of the GSLEP.

When the challenges get tough, we’ll focus on

the strong support from you, our donor community,

and we’ll think of those snow leopards wild and free

in their Trans-Himalayan habitat.

Rodney Jackson Founder-Director

Caroline Gabel Chair

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The Conservancy assisted two communities in Jigme Dorji National Park in launching their first Jomolhari Mountain Festival. Residents wanted to create awareness about snow leopard protection and ultimately promote ecotourism to this northern region of the country. Activities included traditional games and contests, Bhutanese dance perform-ances, and exhibitions of local products.

We should have this more often, where besides the locals coming together,

we get to interact with officials from Thimphu and tourists.

— Kesang Om, Dangochang Village

BHUTAN

The kids loved the faux-fur snow leopard hoods donated by SpiritHoods for the festival!

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Partners: Bhutan Foundation, Nature Recreation and Ecotourism Department, Jigme Dorji National Park

BHUTAN, Continued

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Communities are Taking Responsibility for Wildlife Monitoring

Two village-level committees were formed to coordinate with park officials on anti-poaching and other wildlife conser-vation issues. Conservation committee members were trained to use trail cameras to monitor wildlife. This female and her cubs were captured by Wangchuk, a yak herder and community wildlife monitor, in Jigme Dorji National

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The Conservancy supported a program to vaccinate guard dogs, carriers of a parasite that infects domestic yaks, causing symptoms similar to mad cow disease. Many yak calves are lost to this disease, causing hardship for herders, for whom livestock is the equivalent of their bank account.

Snow leopards also prey upon young yaks. In a proactive approach, we began initial planning for supplementary livelihoods linked with rural tourism and appreciation of snow leopards and their major prey in Bhutan, blue sheep.

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INDIA

SLC-IT was awarded the Favorite Responsible Tourism Initiative by Outlook Traveler’s Readers, for the Traditional Himalayan Homestays program.

Two groups visited Ladakh under our special Wintertime Quest for the Snow Leopard. As mentioned on page 2, they had a total of fifteen wild snow leopard sightings between them. While every Quest group has had at least one sighting, the number has steadily increased. For this, we can thank thirteen years of conservation action, and herders who now see the cat as an asset to the community. To learn about the 2015 Winter Trek, visit KarmaQuest Ecotourism & Adventure Travel.

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Partners: Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust (SLC-IT), Kalpavriksh, WWF–India

Environmental Education based on the Ri Gyancha resource kit continued in the remote Zanskar region to the south of Ladakh. This culturally relevant program, developed in partnership with the NGO Kalpavriksh, reached some 190 kids at four middle and high schools.

The Conservancy continued to assist SLF in capacity-building, providing technical advice on trail camera survey design and implementation. SLF Director Oleg Loginov

KAZAKHSTAN

Partner: Snow Leopard Fund Kazakhstan (SLF)

assumed major responsibility for writing Kazakhstan’s Action Plan for the GSLEP initiative referred to on page 12.

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Partners: Dr. B. Munkhtsog, Mongolian Academy of Sciences and Irbis Mongolia; Dr. Jan Janečka, Texas A&M University

The Conservancy continued its long-term partnership with Dr. B. Munkhtsog, along with local national parks staff. We provided support for trail camera surveys, mostly located along the Russian-Mongolia border, as part of a regional effort to build the necessary connectivity for restoring Russia’s highly depleted and threatened snow leopard population. The Conservancy provided input and co-authorship for The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) final report on biodiversity conservation through their initiative Development by Design. This report includes an impact analysis of large-scale mining in the South

MONGOLIA

Gobi area which is significant connectivity habitat for snow leopards, and is among the few potential corridors for linking the northern Russian-Mongolian population with the core China-Tien Shan-Himalaya populations. The report includes a special section on snow leopards and is available for download (choose the 'Data or Report Request' button in the upper right). As a result of this and other initiatives, the Mongolian government has passed a law requiring offsets for new mining projects, and is working with TNC to develop guidelines for mitigation and offset action.

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NEPAL

Snow Leopard Scouts in ACAP and Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) National Park captured eleven snow leopard images with their thirteen trail cameras.

Partners: Department of National Parks & Wildlife Conservation, National Trust for Nature Conservation-Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP), Lo Manthang Unit Office

Four livestock corrals are in the process of being predator-proofed in the Annapurna Conservation Area Project, Mustang Region.

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NEPAL, Continued

Four community-managed Savings and Credit groups in Sagarmatha National Park continued to grow and gain support from the local Sherpa community while benefiting over 200 households. Members allocate 25% of the interest income in support of environmental education and conservation activities.

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The Snow Leopard Scouts program reached some 160 students and 77 teachers in our four project areas (Mount Everest, Manang, Mustang and Pokhara), with activities such as wildlife tracking and observation, nature writing, and a wildlife painting workshop, as depicted below. Students collected stones shaped like a paper weight and painted animals on them as an income generating activity for the Scouts program.

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PAKISTAN

In collaboration with the Federal Government Degree College for boys, over 100 students learned about biodiversity conser-vation. Thirty boys traveled to Hushey Valley, where they organized a cleanup campaign with the community. The village conservation committee explained how wildlife attacks on their livestock are mitigated with programs like livestock insurance. This was an effective way to educate the college students about wildlife conservation, and for the community to learn from the students. Students from seven regional colleges

participated in the Baltistan Inter-College speech competition, Wildlife and Environment, with the theme of “Save the Snow Leopard.”

BWCDO Director Ghulam Mohammad discusses the predator-proofing of a livestock corral.

Two livestock corrals were constructed in Basha Valley, where three villages joined the conservation program. Meetings were held to discuss the issues and practices related to wildlife conservation.

Partner: Baltistan Wildlife Conservation and Development Organization-Project Snow Leopard

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Our hard work is not in vain! We can see that the Argut Valley’s snow leopards are breeding! I want to thank and congratulate all for this success: the field workers, all those who help

in the organization and financing of field investigations and snare removal! — Sergey Spitsyn, Arkhar

RUSSIA

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As recently as 2010 the Argut Valley was thought to have lost its snow leopards to poachers.

These cubs were captured via trail camera during an Arkhar-mounted expedition composed of A. Kuzhlekov, A. Belet, and M. Markov. Mr. Markov is Argut Valley’s newest snow leopard Guardian — a former poacher turned community wildlife monitor.

Partners: Arkhar NGO; Foundation for Sustainable Development of Altai (FSDA); Altai Ministry of Education; WWF-Russia

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RUSSIA, Continued

Anti-poaching patrols have been increased in the Argut area to remove hundreds of poacher snares. Actions are underway to protect land-scape corridors linking the Argut basin with Mongolia to the southwest and Kazakhstan to the west. The long term aim is to restore a robust snow leopard population to the Argut River basin and save habitat link-ages with Mongolia, so that the cats will be able to reoccupy the area, much as they did in Nepal at the turn of this century.

Celebrations of Snow Leopard Day have grown from one village festival to eight in southern Siberia and one across the border in the Mongolian Altai. This program’s success can be measured by its expansion, and by the fact that the Altai Republic Ministries of Education and

Forestry are allocating funds to ensure that it occurs annually.

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Interpretive materials about snow leopards are now in five museums in the Altai Republic with photos, booklets, and snow leopard souvenirs. Fifteen unemployed men and women were trained as tourist guides to work in the newly established Nature Park, Ak-Cholushpa, which protects snow leopard habitat.

The Conservancy and WISN convened a

workshop of Indigenous Cultural Practi-tioners living and working in snow leopard habitat. Participants exchanged their experiences of and connections to snow leopards, and developed a Statement to present to the GSLEP Forum. See a 15 minute video of this historic occasion. In October, 2013, the Forum delegates met at the Kyrgyz State Residence, where the GSLEP was endorsed by all twelve snow leopard range countries. Rodney Jackson addressed the assembly and read excerpts from the Statement. Kyrgyz Sacred Site Guardian Zhaparkul Raiymkulov was asked to perform a brief closing prayer.

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GLOBAL SNOW LEOPARD ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION PLAN (GSLEP)

With major facilitation by the World Bank and United Nations Development Program, the GSLEP process was sponsored by eleven international organizations including the Conservancy and the Snow Leopard Network. As part of the process, each of the twelve range countries submitted a national snow leopard protection plan. Meetings were held in Bangkok and Moscow during 2013. In his role both as Conservancy Director and as Science Chair of the Snow Leopard Network, Rodney Jackson provided guidance to the authors, as well as technical input to the GSLEP. This overarching plan was released at the final forum in Bishkek in October 2013. The global and national plans can be downloaded from: http://en.akilbirs.com/. The GSLEP documents will help guide snow leopard conservation action at high government levels for the next seven years, under a slogan of “20 by 2020.” The goal is to secure twenty landscape-level snow leopard populations by the year 2020. This means that each population will have at least 100 breeding-age snow leopards; will have been conserved with the involvement of local communities; will support adequate and secure prey populations; and will have functional connectivity to other snow leopard landscapes, some of which cross international boundaries.

SACRED SPECIES—SACRED SITES

Partner: Worldwide Indigenous Science Network (WISN)

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Snow Leopard Range Map

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Kevin M. Johnston, David Western, and Rodney Jackson contributed a chapter, “Mapping biological processes to the appropriate spatial modeling tools,” in Conservation Planning: Shaping the Future, Edited by Laurence Craighead and Charles Convis, ESRI Press, Redlands, CA. The collection shows how working scientists develop conservation plans using the best available scientific methods, data, and technology. The book is valuable for those interested in creating balanced and functional landscapes while preserving the natural environment.

Nepal has a special place in my heart. . .when on an expedition to Annapurna I. . .spotted a Snow Leopard. It was an incredible experience, both as a

mountaineer and lifelong lover of wildlife. — Brad Clement, Filmmaker

Watch the short film Brad created about the Conservancy's work in Nepal, and visit his website, www.spindriftfilms.com.

As part of our partnership with the San Francisco Zoological Gardens, thirteen guests enjoyed a special behind-the-scenes tour. Guided by staff of the Zoo and the Conservancy, the highlight was a visit to Rigel and Kelley, the resident snow leopards.

Adult Snow Leopard Spotted in Mustang Italy’s Montagna.tv is dedicated to the

world of the mountain.

Fifty-five volunteers plus our wonderful Board of Directors donated 1,347 hours, with a total value of over $30,000, for professional services and assistance with fundraising. The photos below are from our June picnic honoring these dedicated volunteers.

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At the Global Snow Leopard Forum in Bishkek, Rodney was surprised to receive a medal and special certificate from the Mongolian Ministry of Environment and Green Development. The certificate reads: Rodney Jackson is awarded

an honorary title of Distinguished Worker of Environmental Conservation of Mongolia for his extraordinary contribution to the noble cause of protection of nature in Mongolia.

The award was presented by Ministry Official D. Batbold (at left) and B. Munkhtsog, Senior Scientist at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and Director of Irbis Mongolia.

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Kyle Abeli-Amen Casey Alver

Alicia Antone Sandy Ball Patty Beers Jim Beers Rex Brown

Marge Carmichael Namita Dalal Jackie Deely

Barbara Dicely Janice DiNatale Connie English Steve Flaherty

Linda Freedlander Charleen Gavette

Tom & Mary Herrmann Terry & Sandy Hillard Anne Marie Holmes

Betsy Howell Patric & Bo Kearns

Michele Korpos Wendy & Karma Lama

Sujin Lee Christine Llewellyn

John Long Abhi Mandela

Randy Mazzuca Wayne Miller Debra Mueller Lisa Musgrove Maureen Noon Sibylle Noras Alice Nyhan Bob Locke

Jeff Poehlmann Deborah Prince Jenny Randall Joyce Robinson

Ray Rodney Marie Scarpa Bob Segalla John Sicci

Fauna Tomlinson Chris & Tina VanWolbeck

Marty Varon Jessica Vincent Linda Viviani

Shirlee Wemmer Cathy Yee

Rodney Jackson Honored by Mongolian Government

Volunteer Appreciation

Photos: Deborah W. Prince Photographics

The leopard, in spirit, is the land. When they disappear, the land loses a vital entity, a piece of itself.

— Joe Rohde

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRIENDS IN-KIND DONORS &

In-Kind Donations Tim Korn, event venue Randy Mazzucca, Fauna Tomlinson, Allison Tong, Calvin Klein Obsession (lure for trail cameras)

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), software Genentech, computers Microsoft, software Rungee Chungee Imports, handicrafts

Art Jacquelinedeely.com: fine art photography Jason Morgon: fine art Victor Pavlushin: fine art Marty Varon, fine art photography

Fundraising Expedition Disney Imagineering Executive Designer Joe Rohde made a painting expedition to Mongolia’s Altai Mountains. Traveling by horse and camel, supplementing his paintbrushes with found objects such as an eagle feather, and with fingers often cramping from the cold, he created ten stunning paintings. This effort has raised nearly $20,000 so far for snow leopard conservation! Read Joe’s riveting blog.

Kid Power! Third graders at the Nueva School ran a farmer’s market and split their earnings to support their service learning projects. They donated $99.15 for snow leopards.

Ava Abramovitz raised $170 in lieu of gifts for her 9th birthday.

Three-year-old Nolan Plutt cried when his parents told him snow leopards are endan-gered. This conservation all-star donned a leopard costume and raised $172 by

campaigning in his front yard.

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Tamia & Tom Anderson Anonymous (4) Sandy Ball CustomInk Campaigns Patty Corrigan & Jeff Frankel Jan & Codel Frydendahl Kathy Gervais, DVM Michael Hacket & David Hale Marsha Hand Jill Hill Kennon & Bob Hudson Gabriele Jaeckel KarmaQuest Ecotourism & Adventure Travel William Kauffman Sebastian Kennerknecht Rafael Kettsyan Michael Kross & Vivien Lin Jon Long & Marie Scarpa Edwina Lu Barbara Macleod Meyers Charitable Family Fund Erin Mooney

$500 - $999

$25,000 or Greater

Abraham Foundation Australian Himalayan Foundation Eleanor Bookwalter CGMK Foundation Disney Interactive Worlds - Disney’s Club Penguin Richard & Darcy Kopcho National Geographic Big Cats Initiative Kristan & Peter Norvig Tapeats Fund Taronga Zoo U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

$10,000 - $24,999

Anonymous (1) Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund Caroline Gabel Shared Earth Foundation The Christensen Fund Woodtiger Fund

$5,000—$9,999

Anonymous (1) Alex Balakrishnan Mary Bookwalter Rodney Jackson M. Piuze Foundation San Francisco Zoological Gardens Charles & Judy Wheatley

$100-$499

Ava Abramovitz Robert & Fraida Aland Jane Alexander & Ed Sherin Etta Allen Anonymous (2) Ann Armour Lisa Baffi Betsy Ballenger Talia Barash Anne Barker & Stephen Shaw Dr. Georges Barth Lou Ann Bassan Randall Biehler Jessie Brinkley & Bruce Bunting John Bossert Peggy Brown Edward Byrne Geores Buttner & Katie Clevenger Tom Campbell Kelley & Mel Chew Jodi Clapsadle Terry Cline Paul Comstock

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONOR-PARTNERS 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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The GuideStar Exchange

Seal demonstrates the

Conservancy’s commitment

to transparency

FINANCIALS

Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman Penny Andrews Anonymous John & Ruth Bailie Jo Cangelosi Cincinnati Zoo/Angel Fund Joy Covey & Tyler Gerstein Hiroko Crispin Antonia DeMatto Doug & Pat Donaldson Anne M. Elliott Waltrund Finch John & Carole Garcia Phyllis & John Gurney Lisa Hacker Maud Hallin Ian Hart & Victoria Hunter Mary & Tom Herrmann International Fund for Animal Welfare Bo & Patric Kearns Lori & Bruce Laitman- Rosenblum Family Fund Marilyn Lavezzo The Lehr Family Gloria & Kent Marshall Marshal Merriam Sibylle and Rex Noras Marjorie & James Parker Project Survival Safari West Barry Sharaf Stefanos Sidiropoulos & Lena Tsakmaki

$1,000-4,999

Beverly Spector & Ken Lipson SpiritHoods Linda Tabor-Beck Fauna & Guy Tomlinson Gopi Vatsavayi Weiss Family Foundation Wild Cat Education and Conservation Fund

Betsy Mueller On Shore Foundation Barb Palmer Ron Paradies Gordon & Kaysea Ray Ed & Sally Supplee Chris Tromborg Mordechai & Barbara Winter

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our donor acknowledgements. If your

name has been omitted or misspelled, please contact us at info@snowleopardconservancy.org

Jitze & Nancy Couperus Jeffrey Creque Dan & Helen Dahlgren Elizabeth Davis Jacqueline Deely Disney Employee Matching Gifts Fund Barbara & Sam Dyer Brian Elliott Denise Elliott Leslie Ellison & Nancy Helmers Connie English Valerie Face Alicia Falsetto & Doug Strauss Sandra Farkas Ronald Felzer Tamra & Michael Fine Carol Fordonski Linda Friedlander Allison Fuller Laurin Gaudinier Charleen Gavette Donna Genett Barbara George & Jerry White Steve Gold & Lynn Befera Keith Goldstein & Donna Warrington Google Gift Matching Program Gail & Allan Gordon Natasha Granoff Greg & Cristin Grothaus Jean Gould Anne Halstead

$100-$499, Cont’d.

Acey Hannam Linda Harden Susan Hartz George & Jill Helmer Asa Hendrick Walter Hendrikse Richard Herms Brett Hillard Dena Hollingsworth Jim & Elaine Holt Ann Howald & David Leland Betsy Howell Joel Isaacson & Wendy King Tim Jansoro Elizabeth Jonca Chris Jones & Sharon Ponsford William Kobialka Jim & Linda Kuhns Valerie Kupsch Mike Lee & Courtney Squires Rich Lee & Rhonda Stallings, DVM Wee Siong Lim Robert Locke Jeanette Lomboy Donna & Darrell Louie Darla & Brian Lovrin Tim Mather Randy & Ali Mazzuca Deanna McHugh Robert McKeown Jeffrey Middlekauff Dawn Mittleman Wendy & Doug Money

Mark Moore Jackie Morris Robert & Marilyn Moyes Carol Mujsce Lisa Kleven Musgrove Jyoti Nigam Ella O’Sullivan George Passat Katherine Pattison Carey Peterson Cecilia Pleshakov Nolan Plut Elsa Poulsen Wayne Poulsen Ezra Rabie Jennifer Randall Joyce Robinson Frederick Roeber & Gina Sanfilippo Mark Ruckh Nicole Rustad Deborah & Russell Ryder Katie Sanborn & Barbara Wright Betty Schrohe Gail Secchia Jeremy Shapiro Jake Smallwood Lawrence Solomon Lynn & Michael Spurlock Courtney Squires St. Andrew Kim Church 4th Grade Christine Steward

Alan Stewart Taylor S. Sulva Amy Tao Ann Teller Gladys Thacher Lawrence Thompson Linda Thompson Ellen & Bill Throop Adriana Thumm Danica Truchlikova Stephanie Turner John Tyler Marty Varon Charles Villarubia Linda Viviani Erica Lynn Von Studnitz Phillip Wade Julie Walton Trina Warren Nadine Weil Pete Werner Barbara Westree Mark Whitney Maurice Wilke Janet Williams Anne Wilson Michael Yurka Royce Zia

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THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONOR-PARTNERS 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

In Memory of Joy Covey: Joyce Robinson

Donald A. Ronayne: Carol Fordonski Smudge: Kathy Gervais

In Honor of

Elsa Poulsen: Wayne Poulsen Jean Neel: Binnie Alwine

Terri Capone, Carol & David Jalbert, Anne Land, Pam & Dick Stevenson, Lyn Traverse, and Trika Smith-Burke: Betsy Ballenger

Betsy Mueller: Bill, Marge, and Molly Thomas

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We couldn’t have come this far without the great partnership of . . .

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THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONOR-PARTNERS 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Australia

Foundation & Corporate Partners

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Adventure Travel

Woodtiger Fund

Big Cats Initiative

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US HEADQUARTERS

Rodney Jackson, Ph.D. Founder-Executive Director

Darla Hillard Administration & Program Director

Betsy Mueller Program Officer

Joyce Robinson Administrative Officer

REGIONAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATE

Som Ale, Ph.D. Conservation Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Caroline Gabel Chair

Rodney Jackson President

Chris Wemmer Vice-President

John Yee Chief Financial Officer

Mary Herrmann Secretary

Tshewang Wangchuk Trustee

ADVISORY BOARD

Christine Breitenmoser- IUCN Cat Specialist Group

Würsten, Ph.D.

Renee Bumpus Conservation Manager, Houston Zoo

Don Hunter, Ph.D. Founder, Rocky Mountain Cat Conservancy

Kristin Nowell Director, Cat Action Treasury

Barb Palmer Large Mammal Keeper, Denver Zoo

Camille Richard Rangeland Ecologist

George Schaller, Ph.D. Panthera

Mike Weddle Former Science Instructor

Bob Wilson Treasurer, Farallones Marine Sanctuary

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