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Latest Pictures from Miandasht

Nov 27, 2004- Latest efforts in camera trapping survey have resulted in several pictures of the Asian Steppe Cat Felis sylvestris (ornata) in Miandasht Cheetah Reserve, Iran plus a collection of Canids, particularly wolf. Unlike the other cheetah habitats in the country where the cheetah and the striped hyena can be seen at the same area, It is the first recorded time among the Iranian cheetah habitats that both the cheetah and the wolf can be seen highly at the same places in similar habitats.
ICS wildlife staffs visit Miandasht monthly to check the cameras in 8 points where have been diagnosed to be the best to set the cameras with a backbone of less than 1 year tracking the cheetahs. Following the heavy investigation, the first picture of the cheetah was captured on 22nd Sep which was a great success (read full story).
In order to obtain the relative abundance of the cheetah in the area, ICS has launched a camera trapping survey since Sep with financial support from some US&UK funding organizations. The final objective of the Miandasht Cheetah Project is to estimate cheetah population size (absolute abundance) via the approach of capture-recapture as a world well-known technique in camera trapping surveys.