The results of the children's drawing competition "Leopard in Kazakhstan" have been summed up

In January 2025, the Biodiversity Research and Conservation Center (BRCC), the main executor of the leopard project in Kazakhstan, announced a republican competition for the best children's drawing on the theme "Leopard in Kazakhstan" and a personal name for the leopard living in Mangistau in 2024-2025.

In accordance with the terms of the competition, the submission of drawings ended on April 30, 2025, and the members of the competition jury have already summed up its results. A total of 584 drawings were submitted to the competition, which were divided into the following categories:

3-6 years (87 drawings)

7-10 years (333 drawings)

11-14 years (133 drawings)

15-16 years (21 drawings)

Category: “Kids with spacial needs” (10 drawings).

Five jury members participated in the evaluation of the works on a 10-point scale. Based on the evaluation results, 167 best works were selected, among which 3 winners were determined in each age category.

All 167 best works are posted on the BRCC website, and their authors will receive a certificate of participation in the competition, whose work was noted by the jury among the best, and a colorful guide-guide "Desert Cats of Kazakhstan". In addition, the winners of the competition will receive additional prizes.

Among the many proposed names for the leopard (about 190 were submitted!), the jury members unanimously chose the name proposed by Malika Kenesova: Altynkoz (Golden Eyes, or Golden-Eyed). So now our leopard, who was once again spotted on camera traps in the Ustyurt Nature Reserve and Kyzylsay Regional Park in Mangistau in the spring of 2025, has received his own personal name, which not only sounds beautiful, but also corresponds to reality - leopards really do have golden eyes.

We thank all the participants of the competition and their leaders and parents for their active participation and promise to continue to inform you about the future of Altynkoz and the results of the “leopard” project.

Members of the competition jury:

Tatyana Rosen, International Coordinator of the "leopard" project

Vladimir Terentyev, Project Coordinator in Kazakhstan

Nurlan Ongarbayev, BRCC Executive Director

Dmitry Zhukov, BRCC Project Manager

Mark Pestov, Ph. D in Biology, Project Participant

Contacts for questions regarding receiving prizes and certificates:
dzhukov@brcc.kz
+77475579574

If you are in Astana, you can get the certificate at the address: ul. D. Kunaev, 12/1, office 420