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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 1d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 🎨📃 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Poetry - Adult 18 & Over - Sixth Place
"The Ever Elusive Snow Leopard In Me" - by Sean Mukherjee

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 2d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 🎨 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Traditional Media Artwork - Adult 18 & Over - First Place
"Quiet Conquest" - Pastel Pencils - by Nadia Setter

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 2d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 🎨📃 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Poetry - Adult 18 & Over - Seventh Place
"Ice Heart" - by Isabella De La Torre

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 2d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 🎨📃 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Poetry - Adult 18 & Over - Eighth Place
"Snow Shine" - by Rhonda Varsane

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 4d

Introducing the Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet

Traditional Media Artwork - Adult 18 & Over - Second Place
"Protection" Pastels on Canson Velvet Pastel Paper by Catherine Mourounas

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 4d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 🎨 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Traditional Media Artwork - Adult 18 & Over - Third Place (Tie)
"Mountain Vigil" - Colored Pencils - by Wendy Boland

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 6d

World Animal Day is celebrated "To raise the status of animals in order to improve welfare standards around the globe. Through increased awareness & education we can create a world where animals are always recognized as sentient beings & full regard is paid to their welfare."

Photo - Steve Tracy

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 7d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 🎨 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Traditional Media Artwork - Adult 18 & Over - Third Place (Tie)
"A Bond Like No Other" - Soft Pastels - by Sophie Parkhill

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 10d

Introducing the Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 Interwoven Destiny Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet!

Traditional Media Artwork Adult 18 & Over - 4th Place
"Fragility In The Gaze of Uncertainty" - Colored Pencils - by Tala Victoria Ong

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 12d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 7th Annual 🎨 Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Traditional Media Artwork - Adult 18 & Over - Fifth Place
"On The Hunt" - Acrylic Glaze on Canvas - by Dagmar Dossin

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 15d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 7th Annual 🎨 Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Traditional Media Artwork - Adult 18 & Over - Sixth Place
"Breath of Life" - Pastels - by Pat Schwab

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 15d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 7th Annual 🎨 Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Traditional Media Artwork - Adult 18 & Over - Seventh Place
"On The Edge" - Oils on Canvas - by Jackie Lee

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 15d

We're counting down 25 Really Cool Characteristics of Snow Leopards to celebrate 🎊the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 25th Anniversary.

Here's Number 18!!

Photo: Oriol Alamany from the book "Searching for the Snow Leopard"

#snowleopards #snowleopardconservation

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 15d

Join us for 2 days of wildlife in San Francisco, California! We'll be gathering with fellow conservationists & wildlife lovers from around the world at WCNs Wildlife Conservation Expo on October 3 & 4.

Reserve your spot for Friday night's free event & buy a ticket to Saturday's talks @wildnet.org.

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 17d

To celebrate 🎉 25 Years of Snow Leopard Conservation, the Snow Leopard Conservancy is counting down 25 Really Cool Characteristics of Snow Leopards. Here is Number 19!!

Photo: Tashi R. Ghale

#snowleopardconservation #snowleopards

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 17d

Introducing the 🏆 Winners of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 🎨 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny – Protecting Snow Leopards To Protect Our Planet! 🌎

Traditional Media Artwork - Adult 18 & Over - Eighth Place
"The Air We Breathe" - Colored Pencils - by Wendy Boland

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 23d

Young Guardians: SOS for Snow Leopards-Future Stewards of the Landscape is an environmental educational program led by spiritual leader Zhaparkul Raimbekov for Kyrgyz kindergarteners.

Photo: Raimbekov & a kindergarten student talk about the environment at Besh-Tash Nature Park

Spiritual Leader Zhaparkul Raimbekov walks with a kindergarten student in the Besh-Tash Nature Park in Kyrgyzstan studying the environment.

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 23d

The Snow Leopard Conservancy is celebrating 25 Years of Snow Leopard Conservation with 25 Really Cool Facts about the magnificent big cat of the high Asian mountains!

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 23d

April 2025, Land Of Snow Leopard Network Indigenous Cultural Practitioners & youth participated in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues where LOSL organized an art exhibition & participated in a discussion on Indigenous guardianship.

SLCs Darla Hillard attends the art exhibition.

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · 26d

Join us for 2 days in San Francisco, California! We'll be gathering with fellow conservationists & wildlife lovers from around the world at Wildlife Conservation Network's Wildlife Conservation Expo on October 3 & 4.

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you missed the Award Presentation of the Snow Leopard Conservancy's 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest 2025 - Interwoven Destiny - Protecting Snow Leopards to Protect Our Planet and our Celebration of the Snow Leopard, here is the recording of the virtual event!

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Snow Leopard Conservancy's 7th Annual Artwork & Poetry Contest Award Presentation

YouTube video by Snow Leopard Conservancy

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · Sep 4

To celebrate our 25th Anniversary, we are sharing 25 Cool Characteristics of Snow Leopards!

Photo: Tashi R. Ghale

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Snow Leopard Conservancy

The Snow Leopard Conservancy (SLC) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 61-1614981) based in San Francisco, California. Since 2000, we’ve partnered with local communities across seven snow leopard...

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Snow Leopard Conservancy @snowleopardcons.bsky.social · Sep 4

Announcing the Winners of SLC's Artwork & Poetry Contest! Saturday, 9/3

Chicago 9am; San Francisco 7am; Berlin 4pm; London 3pm; New Delhi 7:30pm; Budapest 4pm; Sydney 12 mid (9/4).

👇 below for the Zoom link or watch on our YouTube channel

Artwork - Guardian of the Mountain - Ariel Castro

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