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With only around 30 left in the wild and around 100 left in captivity, the Amur leopard is the rarest big cat on our planet. Even at this critical level, there is still hope. In conjunction John Lewis of Wildlife Vets International we are working on a breeding programme that will ultimately lead to reintroducing Amur leopards into the wild.
I shoot periodically at the Kirshner Wildlife foundation in Butte County, California. The woman who owns the facility is a renowned animal handler and has been on shows like Jay Leno, animal planet etc. I started helping her with photos two year ago and have been allowed in cages with unbelievable cats and bears, lemurs, lynx, ligers and more. This one I had to shoot through the chain link fence which was difficult as it kept pacing and jumping.
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Quick facts: found primarily in the Himalayan mountains; adapted to cold weather often using its long (1 m) tail as a scarf; can leap as far as 15 m; live up to 15 years in the wild; critically endangered.