Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild female, wet after having crossed river, in mountain valley, Uchkul River, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Azure Tit (Parus cyanus), Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / G?ldenst?dt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogastrus) male, Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Hume's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus humei), Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) male, Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps) male, Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Fire-fronted Serin (Serinus pusillus) feeding on seeds, Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, and veterinarian, Ric Berlinski, measuring canine tooth of male during collaring, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, e...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) veterinarian, Ric Berlinski, and ranger, Urmat Solokov, drawing blood during collaring of male snow leopard, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, e...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, measuring tail during collaring of male snow leopard, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, David Cooper, stimulating circulation of paw during collaring of male snow leopard, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzs...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, veterinarian, Ric Berlinski, volunteer, David Cooper, biologist, Rahim Kulenbek, and ranger, Urmat Solokov, collaring male snow leopard, Sarych...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, veterinarian, Ric Berlinski, and volunteer, David Cooper, collaring male snow leopard, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountai...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild male with collar, camouflaged in rocky ravine, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild male with collar, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild male with collar, camouflaged in rocky ravine, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild male with collar, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) female with collar in mountains next to scent-marking rock, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, David Cooper, taking notes on Argali (Ovis ammon) male killed by snow leopard, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, using telemetry to locate collared female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, using telemetry to locate collared female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, collecting scat, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, taking notes on Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica) male killed by snow leopard, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, veterinarian, Ric Berlinski, volunteer, David Cooper, biologist, Rahim Kulenbek, and ranger, Urmat Solokov, collaring male snow leopard, Sarych...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) in mountain valley, Uchkul River, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) at night, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) at night, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist Shannon Kachel, collaring wild male snow leopard at night, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, keeping wild male warm during collaring, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) veterinarians, Ric Berlinski and John Ochsenreiter, with ranger, Zoldoshbek Bektemirov, checking vitals during collaring of wild male snow leopard, Sarychat-Ertash Strict...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, veterinarians, Ric Berlinski and Mairam Tolukaeva, collaring wild male snow leopard, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, and veterinarians, John Ochsenreiter and Ric Berlinski, collaring wild male at night, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountain...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) female grazing, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) mother and lamb, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, David Cooper, walking in mountains, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, in mountains, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild biologist, Shannon Kachel, and ranger, Ulan Abulgaziev, measuring metatarsal pad width of male during collaring, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mou...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild male during collaring with ranger, Ulan Abulgaziev, massaging paw to stimulate circulation, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgy...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Large-eared Pika (Ochotona macrotis), Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) males, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Tolai Hare (Lepus tolai), Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) females and lambs, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, walking in mountains, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) wild male at night, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia), wild male at night, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Yak (Bos grunniens), Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Argali (Ovis ammon) female flock, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, walking in mountains, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, walking in mountains, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, setting snare trap used for catching and collaring snow leopards, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzsta...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Khalil Karimov, using telemetry to check if any snare traps used for collaring were triggered during the night, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzst...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) veterinarian, John Ochsenreiter, holding satellite tracking collar, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Cyril Ruoso / Tien Shan Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus relictus) eating grasses, Kyrgyzstan

Cyril Ruoso / Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries) group, free ranging, grazing, Kyrgyzstan

Cyril Ruoso / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) a member of the Gruppa Bars Snow Leopard anti-poaching team with a pelt which has been confiscated, Kyrghyzstan

Cyril Ruoso / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) confiscated by government anti-poaching team, Kyrghyzstan

Cyril Ruoso / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) this coat was not confiscated because it was obvious that it is at least 40 years old and was made before the Snow Leopard pelt trade was forbidden, three animals have been...

Cyril Ruoso / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) this coat was not confiscated because it was obvious that it is at least 40 years old and was made before the Snow Leopard pelt trade was forbidden, three animals have been...

Cyril Ruoso / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) this coat was not confiscated because it was obvious that it is at least 40 years old and was made before the Snow Leopard pelt trade was forbidden, three animals have been...

Cyril Ruoso / Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) confiscated by government anti-poaching team, Kyrghyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler (Locustella certhiola), Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler (Locustella certhiola), Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides), Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida) calling, Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Hume's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus humei), Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Hume's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus humei), Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Hume's Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus humei), Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus) flying, Kyrgyzstan

Ralph Martin/ BIA / Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus) flock landing to roost, Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, looking at logged locations of collared female, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, inspecting snow leopard spray on scent-marking cliff, Sarychat-Ertash Strict Nature Reserve, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) biologist, Shannon Kachel, using telemetry to check if any snare traps used for collaring were triggered, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) veterinarian, John Ochsenreiter, holding anesthesia dart used during collaring process, Pikertyk, Tien Shan Mountains, eastern Kyrgyzstan

Cyril Ruoso / Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries) group, free ranging, grazing, Kyrgyzstan