Himalayan Heroes Day

Community-Led Conservation in Northern Pakistan

Zoo New England supports a community-led effort in northern Pakistan to protect vital mountain habitat for snow leopards, markhor, and other species. By empowering local communities and training rangers, this program helps ensure lasting conservation for wildlife and the people who share their environment.

Sabin Snow Leopard Grants Program

The Sabin Snow Leopard Grants Program provides strategic funding to worthy recipients from around the world, especially in the 11 snow leopard range states. The program supports research and conservation capacity within the snow leopard conservation community and helps to identify gaps in knowledge or needed conservation actions, as well as funding new projects that fill these knowledge gaps or provide missing conservation interventions.

SAFE: Saving Animals From Extinction

The SAFE Snow Leopard program, in collaboration with key field partners like the Snow Leopard Trust and Snow Leopard Conservancy, seeks to deepen our understanding of snow leopard ecology. By exploring the complex relationships between wildlife, livestock, humans, and environmental factors, the program aims to advance knowledge of snow leopard range, spatial and trophic ecology, and population dynamics in a changing world.

Snow Leopard Trust Conservation Partnership

Zoo New England and the Snow Leopard Trust (SLT) support snow leopard conservation in Mongolia by working with local herder communities in South Gobi. This partnership provides income and education opportunities—especially for women and children—through initiatives like SLT’s handicrafts program. Additional efforts, such as Conservation Contracts, livestock insurance, and predator-proof corrals, help reduce conflicts between herders and snow leopards. Local government and wildlife rangers are also involved in surveys, planning, and long-term conservation efforts.

Species Survival Plan (SSP)

We're a longtime participant in the Snow Leopard Species Survival Plan, a cooperative, inter-zoo program coordinated nationally through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). SSPs help to ensure the survival of selected species in zoos and aquariums, most of which are threatened or endangered, and enhance conservation of these species in the wild.

• Zoodopt a snow leopard (pictured here) to support the care of our animals.

• Come dressed to impress! Visit our Kids' Corner to print your own snow leopard mask (pictured here).