New Trip Reports: Sulawesi and Java
Coke Smith has finished the reports for his family’s Christmas trip to Java and Sulawesi (where I met up with them). The highlight has got to be the glimpse of a Javan Rhino!
Very remote, high altitude haven proving a saviour for wild yak
Interest article on a Yak haven in Tibet http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/wild-yak.html#cr Jon
Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey
My friend Tien, who guided me in northern Vietnam in 2011, sent me this photo of a Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey he just saw in Ha Giang province, 7 hours north of Hanoi. Sweet. When ca
Snow leopard photographed in India’s Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/india-snow-leopard.html Jon
New Trip Report – Sulawesi
I spent the holidays in Sulawesi and in 7 days saw 9 species including Babirusa, Spectral Tarsier and 2 Macaques. Jon
New Trip Report – Sri Lanka
A last trip report for 2012, is this incredible trip to Sri Lanka on a tour Fiona Reid organised. Other than South Africa I am not sure I know anywhere where you can see 61 species
Images from Tibet
Some great pictures here from one of Jesper Hornskov’s trips to Tibet http://www.greentours.co.uk/Gallery/Asia/Mammals-of-the-Roof-of-the-World/3/ Jon
(another) New Loris species in Borneo
A new species has been described and it seems there are another two species on Borneo along http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/20704172 Does anyone know which species occur in which parks
Working Together to Save the Saola
An interesting video about a fascinating mammal (and my thanks to Ohr Treger’s facebook feed) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xv8MPOyMfU&feature=share Jon
Invitation to Join me on a Mammal extravaganza in Gujarat and Tadoba
India has always been a firm favorite of mine and I can’t tell you how exited I have been with putting together this return trip for end feb 2013. This is a twin centre trip