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A new Plaxton Leopard for Safeguard Coaches was delivered in February, and I attempted to photograph it on a couple of occasions but was denied by it being out working or foul weather.
But I had better luck on the fine day of 14th March when after faffing with 17's and other psv distractions, I found it was spare and nabbed it for a not very original portrait at the Cathedral.
I would've liked to have gone elsewhere, but being later in the day shadows were being a problem.
Indeever and Irina getting reacquainted with each other. Hopefully, there’ll be some more snow leopard cubs on the way soon!
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A life-like leopard re-creation.
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Relaxing in the shadows in his home @ Assiniboine Park Zoo, he leaned out towards the noonday sun as I zoomed in through the fence. (please check out my folder with big cats)
The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar.
Leopards may sometimes be confused with two other large spotted cats, the cheetah, with which it may co-exist in Africa, and the jaguar, a neotropical species that it does not naturally co-exist with. However, the patterns of spots in each are different: the cheetah has simple black spots, evenly spread; the jaguar has small spots inside the polygonal rosettes; while the leopard normally has rounder, smaller rosettes than those of the jaguar. The cheetah has longer legs and a thinner build that makes it look more streamlined and taller but less powerfully built than the leopard. The jaguar is more similar in build to the leopard but is generally larger in size and has a more muscular, bulky appearance.
These leopards are rare, with only 6,000 left in the wild according to Nat Geo. They live in the central Asian mountains. I was very fortunate to capture this shot of such a beautiful creature at the Bronx Zoo.
Leopards are graceful and powerful big cats closely related to lions, tigers, and jaguars. They live in sub-Saharan Africa, northeast Africa, Central Asia, India, and China. However, many of their populations are endangered, especially outside of Africa.
The leopard is so strong and comfortable in trees that it often hauls its kills into the branches. By dragging the bodies of large animals aloft it hopes to keep them safe from scavengers such as hyenas. Leopards can also hunt from trees, where their spotted coats allow them to blend with the leaves until they spring with a deadly pounce. These nocturnal predators also stalk antelope, deer, and pigs by stealthy movements in the tall grass. When human settlements are present, leopards often attack dogs and, occasionally, people.
Female leopards can give birth at any time of the year. They usually have two grayish cubs with barely visible spots. The mother hides her cubs and moves them from one safe location to the next until they are old enough to begin playing and learning to hunt. Cubs live with their mothers for about two years—otherwise, leopards are solitary animals.
This Majestic animal appeared like an apparition when we had completely given up on seeing one of these mostly nocturnal and highly elusive animals. We were hurriedly heading out of the National park nearing our deadline to vacate the park when this male appeared to pose for us on a stage of granite rock less than 10 meters from the vehicle.
Beautiful creature!! These leopards are endangered due to the region they're from. They are declining because of loss of their habitat, hunting, as well as the wars that have been ongoing for years within their homeland.
This guy lives at a animal sanctuary and is unable to go back to the bush. It was difficult to take this photograph as he was behind fencing.
Since posting this photograph, I have heard that this lovely animal had to be put to sleep. He decided to annoy the lions in their enclosure by pawing at the fencing. One of the lions swiped at him through the fence caught the leopards paw and ripped his front leg off. The sanctuary owner found him the following morning in agony and had no option but to put him to sleep.
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The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)
The leopard is a solitary animal which hunts mainly at night and hides during the day. The Amur leopards, also known as the Far Eastern leopards, are the northern most subspecies of leopard and are well adapted to snowy winters. They inhabit an area to the west of Vladivostok. The Amur leopards prefer mixed forest where there are sufficient numbers of deer, hares, badgers and raccoon dogs that form the bulk of their prey. They often make their dens in caves and bury their prey under fallen leaves. The cubs are born in a den and suckle for three months.
Deforestation, the use of animal parts for traditional medicine and conflict with humans has had a devastating effect on the leopard population. There has also been a drastic reduction in the number of prey species, and further disruption due to mineral extraction and extensive road building. The Amur leopard has been a protected species in Russia since 1956, but there is still a problem with poaching.
In situ (in the wild) conservation efforts include anti-poaching patrols, customs control, fighting forest fires, environmental education programmes and the tightening of regulations on hunting methods used for other species (eg. hunting with dogs and steel traps has been discontinued in some areas). A census carried out in February 2007 found 22 – 27 individual Amur leopards left in the wild.
Photographed at Marwell Zoo, Thompsons Lane, Colden Common, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1JH