Fine art illustration of a Javan Leopard (Panthera pardus melas)

Jungle Park, Las Aguilas,S/N 38640 Arona, Tenerife

Yorkshire Wildlife Park

in the morning of the third, and last day, we came across Big Boy not far from the Mara river.

Snow leopards live throughout the mountains of central Asia, their range covers 2 million square km and 12 countries. They are found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan , and Uzbekistan at altitudes of between 3, 000 - 5, 400 m above sea level in the Altai, Tian Shan, Kun Lun, Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Himalayan mountain ranges.

Leopard at Colchester Zoo

If looks could kill!

Taken at Marwell Wildlife

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Snow Leopard at the Bronx Zoo.

No wonder the shooting experience was somewhat different: (1) longer lasting expressions and (2) longer naps and periods of inactivity.

I set out to photograph Snow Leopard mama, Asia. Failed to realize that I had waited 2 hours standing there for the wrong Snow Leopard.

What an amazing moment it was when came upon this young male leopard, obviously sated from a fresh kill. In the early morning dawn he just sat near the side of the road and looked at us for about 20 minutes while we clicked away! Then, imagine our suprise as we got a bonus as another young male come up and joined him before walking off and having a bit of a play tussle! The memory is ingrained in my brain! It was soooo COOL!

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania (Lobo)

A beautiful leopard.

Femelle Léopard - Botswana

Leopard at the Yorkshire wildlife park in Doncaster

We caught up with this leopard on a night drive but he'd obviously seen it all before and just waited patiently for us to leave. South Luangwa National Park

Male leopard at the Africat Foundation, Namibia.

Taken With New Nikon Coolpix P510 Digital Camera With 42 Times Optical Zoom @ The Philly Zoo, Please Ask Before Using A Photo, Thanks - Todd - bigcats.tripod.com

My last visit to Colchester Zoo for a while as my Gold pass has now run out!

One of the cub Lepards. They are still in a den setting, but eating big portions of bone and meat.

Snow leopard in Dublin Zoo.

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The snow leopard at the Cornelle

Masai Mara / Maasai Mara

Big strong leopard in his prime and with a full stomach

Leopard portrait

Sariask at Banham Zoo

Panthera pardus

Incredible Video of Mother Wildebeest Defending Her Young from this Hungry Leopard in Masai Mara, Kicheche, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQFzWoe8Ajo&t=10s

This picture was taken at Edinburgh zoo recently.

The poor leopard was obviously unhappy and in some distress as witnessed by his constant pacing backwards and forwards in his enclosure.

I thought the conversion to g/s may help to put across the mournful look in the beautiful leopards eyes.

Gazing out over the park

Zoo Hannover 26.02.2017

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Kenya Masai Mara National Park

July 2017