Gerbilleria Ca' Rossa

27/04/2022

The sand dunes of Aburd (Bayan Ojuul) stretch as far as the eye can see. This somewhat lifeless landscape is an exceptional taxonomic laboratory. Here, our herpetologists and entomologists spend hours monitoring every inch of sand looking for reptiles and invertebrates. Surprisingly, this place gives a lot of fun even to carnivore ecologists. In fact, many predators are known to use this area for foraging or dispersal.
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
Text Editor: Luciano Atzeni
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06/02/2022

In 2015, during our first snow leopard camera trapping survey in Silkhem B National Park, horses were undoubtedly our most precious allies. Every day we made our way through a deep snow layer, looking for snow leopard signs for about 20 km. Temperatures were dropping as low as -15 °C and our backpacks were heavy with camera traps. What a time to be alive!
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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02/02/2022

The Gobi bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis) managed to thrive in the Gobi Desert exclusively thanks to the presence of a few small waterholes (about ten are known) and few oases. Only a few tenth of bear are left in this area, and successful conservation measure will have to tackle their demand for food and water in an increasingly warming climate.
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Photo by: Battogtokh Nasanbat
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26/01/2022

Parental care in snow leopards lasts about 18-20 months. Sub-adult snow leopards remain with their mothers until a few months before independence. Starting this period, they start to spend more and more time on their own, visiting their mother once in some days. When this period is over, they disperse to look for their own territories.
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Photo by: Battogtokh Nasanbat
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14/01/2022

On Wildlife Initiative Channel, we will present the behaviors of some of the most elusive and/or threatened fauna species on earth! We will tell you about ou...

30/12/2021

Il gatto di Pallas è una specie a rischio. Ora però puoi fare anche tu qualcosa per salvarlo: adottalo e salvalo dall'estinzione. I dettagli

18/12/2021

Un gatto di Pallas con la sua preda

A Pallas’s cat is walking to its den after a successful hunt!
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15/12/2021

This Pallas’s cat pelt was photographed in Tavan Bogd Protected Area, in the Mongolian Altai. We felt disheartened to see how poaching and hunting affect many of the species found in the area. Claws and skins of bear and wolverine are often exhibited with great pride.
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Photo by: Augugliaro
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14/12/2021

This Pallas’s cat was photographed near a precipice a dozen meters high. If we had deployed our camera in any of the other nearby passages, we would never have obtained a photo shot. In fact, it creeps under very low shelters, particularly during the daytime, when birds of prey are active.
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10/12/2021

The most efficient way to monitor Pallas’s cats is to look for these small isolated outcrops, surrounded by steppe environment.
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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06/12/2021

Mandakh is our conservation biologist in Bayan Onjuul, where we have been monitoring Pallas’s cat and other 30 mammals for many years. Mandakh has a Bachelor degree in Ecology, and she provides a remarkable contribution to Wildlife Initiative, being born and raised in that area!
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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05/12/2021

For the first time in 10 years our field station has been moved close to the mountain where we investigate Pallas’ cat ecology. The proximity to the camera trapping sites and the milder wind exposure conditions have allowed us to work certainly better than in the past.
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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03/12/2021

Nomad people move their gers three to eight times in a year, looking for fertile pastures. Sometimes they travel close to the few outcropping mountains in the steppe, to seek shelter from strong and frozen winds.
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Photo by: Claudio Augugliaro
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27/11/2021

23/11/2021

Building a chair!

25/10/2021

23/10/2021

Today 23 october 2021, we celebrate the Snow Leopard Day!
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17/10/2021

Poaching has devastating effects on elephant populations, as calves often struggle to survive once they become orphans.
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Photo by: Ivan Mazzon
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16/10/2021

Human-elephant conflicts have increased exponentially over the last two decades and they are likely to worsen given the pressures from an increasing human population on the whole African continent. During the dry season, elephants endure long migrations and seek out waterholes near human settlements and crops.

Clashes often result in casualties on both sides. In 2022, Wildlife Initiative will be committed to the mitigation of such conflicts.
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Photo by: Ivan Mazzon
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13/10/2021

30/07/2021

Ed eccolo qua!

Rodent populations are prone to wide fluctuations.

The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) has probably one of the most constant populations in the habitats encompassed by our working areas, being always present, but never showing population outbreaks.

It is also the only species brave enough to visit our tent at night!
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Photo by:.mazzon
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23/07/2021

This 2-months old Pallas’s cat kitten is one of the reasons why we are committed to the preservation of Mongolian wildlife!

Since March 2019, Wildlife Initiative has been collecting data to better understand Pallas’s cat ecology and its population densities!

Help us to save it!
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19/07/2021

Saving the Pallas's cat! Strategies and issues explained by the Wildlife Initiative Founder, Claudio Augugliaro.
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Circa 900. È questo il numero di specie animali e vegetali scomparse per sempre dalla superficie del nostro pianeta dal 1500 a oggi. Attualmente, il 26%

19/07/2021

Forza ragazzi aiutatemi a far conoscere questa organizzazione degli intenti nobili: Wildlife initiative è una realtà promossa soprattutto da giovani ricercatori italiani con la scopo di conoscere e tutelare la fauna in difficoltà in alcuni dei territori più complessi da studiare come Mongolia e Africa subsahariana!
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A Brandt’s vole explores its territory a few meters away from our Ger, the sun has just risen on the immensity of the Mongolian steppe… can you imagine a better camp than this one?
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Photo by:.mazzon
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12/06/2021

Mongolian details.
Mongolia is a mystic land and thanks its countryside nomads and their traditional lifestyle.
The pillar shown here is an element present in each Mongolian’s Ger, representing part of the Mongolian culture.
We could say it literally supports their traditions.
Do you know what is its function?
Let us know in the comments...
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30/05/2021

Uno dei predatori naturali del gerbillo

An image of Pallas’s Cat captured by our camera trap in a typical narrow passage between the open steppe and a rocky area.
When working on a species in a confined area, for a long period, you start to recognize every single subject. With the Pallas’s Cat, every single caption is a different facial expression.
This is one of the reasons why “Manul” is a so charismatic species, unfortunately still relatively unknown for the vast public.
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19/05/2021

March 2019, Central Mongolia.
Between winter and spring, when snow is melted but harsh conditions persist, the landscape is painted by a warm palette of yellow, orange, okra, overhung by an endless blue sky lighting up everything.
Whereas in the evening, just before dusk the shadows reveal the old wrinkles telling us the story behind the endless landscape.
In such moments, you can feel earth's breathing and its heart pulsing in a synchrony with the wildlife living on it.
Do we need any other reasons to spend our time discovering and protecting our lands?
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Photo by: De Donà
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13/05/2021

Welcome to Wildlife Initiative! Today our NGO will be introduced to the world through our website. We operate internationally wherever is needed to help the conservation of threatened or less known wild species. Our brunch already active in Mongolia aims at implement our mission with projects on the...

12/05/2021

Mongolian silver vole (Alticola semicanus).
Another little species easy to observe between the rocks, where it takes cover when threatened. This vole lives in colonies under boulders, while forages in open spaces. Droppings accumulated under the rocks is a typical sign of its presence.
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Photo by: Giacomo De Donà
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