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This is a link post Snow Leopards video footage
An afternoon at the Cat Survival Trust, a sanctuary for cats, with a superb breeding program and hence contribution to the conservation of some very endangered big cats. These little guys are snow leopards, of which there are about 800 left in the wild.

These little guys are simply adorable. Doctor Terry Moore, a fellow of ZSL, likes to separate these guys in the day, but returns them at the end of the afternoon to their parents, who are completely cool with this. It was touching when you could hear mum calling out 'she's back' and these guys yelping back, and Terry and his team supervising their return on foot. I would have included this, but the video was already a bit long. Got some lovely photographs as well. Good times :)

This is my first effort using the video mode on my Canon 5D mark II, so don't be to hard! Great fun with a Fisheye stuck on the end of it, though to be honest I reckon I may just buy a proper film camera, using live view simply doesn't really work through an SLR body with footage.

Yes that's our Mark, god save the queen in the background
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sun 3 May 2009, 21:43, Reply)
This is a normal post splendid stuff
i'm compelled to post this over here.

" i wore this shirt while i was in with the llamas yesterday"
also, blinding music again, who is it?
 (I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Sun 3 May 2009, 21:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahahahahahahahahahahah
You heartless bastard! ;) Worried about those sharp claws, though in hindsight I was a bit of a muppet for wearing it given it must of stank of llama and alpaca after yesterday

The music is something that comes with iMovie; sounded exotic
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sun 3 May 2009, 21:55, Reply)
This is a normal post god save the queen seems much less timid of the cubs

(Bad Manners, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:07, Reply)
This is a normal post i ran out of au de llama
but that caracal bit through my trainers

(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Hahaha
I have lots of footage of our shoes being attacked
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:29, Reply)
This is a normal post silly kitteh
Jahled is not scratching post
 (I helped save b3ta! Shiksa, Mon 4 May 2009, 2:38, Reply)
This is a normal post Jahled beind the lens, with a snow leopard cub


Thanks to Jahled and god save the queen for introducing me to Terry at the Cat Survival Trust, giving a wonderful opportunity to see their work, meet some gorgeous cats, and make some photographs.
 (Bad Manners, Sun 3 May 2009, 21:57, Reply)
This is a normal post :)
Thanks for the wheels matey! b3ta is cool for this sort of thing; and i'm glad you got to see the excellent work Terry and his people get upto. And that^ is a rather fine picture, Sir :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sun 3 May 2009, 21:59, Reply)
This is a normal post bloody hell, it's you
it was a joy to meet you.
what a day you're having, playing with snow leopards, meeting me and Jahled and popping your cherry.
also.
www.catsurvivaltrust.org/
 (I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:00, Reply)
This is a normal post It was a pleasure to meet you too

One of the cubs is allowed out of its enclosure to find its way back to its mum's enclosure.
 (Bad Manners, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:34, Reply)
This is a normal post When I become phenomenally wealthy...
... I shall have a couple of these as pets.

And a slow loris

And a tiger cub, genetically engineered to stay a cub.

You can all come round to play. Though it may take a while for me to get that wealthy, so I won't put it on the calendar just yet.




Oh, and have a click.
 (I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:08, Reply)
This is a normal post Apparently some spoilt rich kid got a rare type of leopard (300 left in the world) for his birthday
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/29/russia-leopard-st-petersburg-theft

Got stolen.
 (I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Sun 3 May 2009, 23:36, Reply)
This is a normal post Nicely as ever sir :)

(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:11, Reply)
This is a normal post I got my little sis a years sponsership of a leopard cat at the CST
for her birthday, on your recommendation.

I shall recommend she goes up soon.
 (I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Sun 3 May 2009, 22:47, Reply)
This is a normal post That was most cool
these guys sadly can't ever be reintroduced to the wild; they quite obviously have developed no caution of people; but if carefully managed any breeding program they will be introduced to resulting in more little cubs could be

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 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Sun 3 May 2009, 23:03, Reply)
This is a normal post Wow
You seem to have the best job in the world :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Mon 4 May 2009, 0:02, Reply)
This is a normal post Contacts at the end of the day


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 (I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Mon 4 May 2009, 0:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Beautiful
just desk topped that one :-)
 (I helped save b3ta! Hellzapoppin, Mon 4 May 2009, 0:40, Reply)
This is a normal post Excellent...
... more like this.
 (I helped save b3ta! lion-cake Bad lion-cake, bad., Mon 4 May 2009, 11:10, Reply)