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Nowhere near as sharp as I would have liked but was up against raindrops (lots of!) on glass...
Photo taken at West Midlands Safari Park.
A re-edit of a photograph that I took many moons ago. My editing skills have come along way since I first uploaded so I thought it was worth redoing.
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is a species of large cat in the genus Panthera of the family Felidae.
The species is native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List because the global population is estimated to number fewer than 10,000 mature individuals and is expected to decline about 10% by 2040. It is mainly threatened by poaching and habitat destruction following infrastructural developments.
It inhabits alpine and subalpine zones at elevations of 3,000–4,500 m (9,800–14,800 ft), ranging from eastern Afghanistan, the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau to southern Siberia, Mongolia and western China.
The leopard is rarely found in cold or high-elevation environments and is best known in its more familiar home in the savannas of Africa, where populations are relatively stable.
However, in the northernmost part of its range, a rare subspecies of this cat lives in the temperate forests and harsh winters of the Russian Far East. This is the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis).
With only 28-30 Amur leopards left in the wild, it is one of the most endangered big cats in the world.
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the Amur leopard, the rarest big cat in the world with only 30–40 animals left in the wild. The leopards at Twycross Zoo are part of a European endangered species captive breeding programme. In December 2006, twin cubs were born, both male. Unfortunately their mother died shortly after the birth due to illness, so the cubs were hand-reared.
On Wednesday 25th January 2012 Diesel, one of two male Amur leopards at Twycross Zoo, left on a transatlantic flight to America destined for Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas as part of the worldwide breeding programme to save this magnificent species.
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Female leopard scent marking a tree near the Okavango Delta. This leopard was beginning to patrol and search for food as the sun was starting to set.
One of the few Amur Leopards left in the world! These are one of the most critically endangered big cats, with less then 35 left in the wild. They are hunted for their coats and their bones, which are used in the Traditional Chinese Medicine trade. I saw this handsome fella at Colchester Zoo when I went for my Christmas treat - a Keeper for the Day experience!
This snow leopard, one of a breeding pair in Calgary zoo just sat and calmly gazed down my lens. Long easy eye contact was a lovely experience
Ein Leopard im Moremi-Wildreservat (Okavangodelta, Botswana).
A Leopard in the Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta, Botswana).
Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia)
The snow leopard is classified as a member of the order Carnivora (Carnivores) and is a member of the family Felidae. It is classified as an endangered species due to an estimated population of no more than 2500 snow leopards and the fact that it has no subpopulation numbering more than 250 mature leopards. Snow leopards can be found in eastern Asia
Kelpies creator Andy Scott also created this feline for the much maligned (and deservedly so) Marischal Square development opposite the architectural gem that is Marischal College. When an opportunity to give Aberdeen a civic square to be proud of happened, the council gave the city another shops/pubs/hotel/offices development that no one wanted or required. All in the name of ‘short termism’. Rant over. The leopard features in the city coat of arms. James 1 had something to do with it.
The sculpture may possibly be best viewed at night before the surrounding floors are leased and lit up?