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The range of this species used to cover areas of China, Russia, and the Korean peninsula. However, their numbers have shrunk dramatically, and this cat is no longer found in China or Korea. In Russia as few as 14-20 adults were estimated to survive in 2007.
Amur leopards have been listed by the IUCN as critically endangered, meaning that the species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
(information from Edinburgh zoo's website www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/animals/individuals/AmurLeopard.h...
Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)
Range: Mountain ranges of Central Asia from Northwestern China to Tibet and the Himalayas.
Status: Endangered
This Snow Leopard spends a lot of time on the high platform in its cage. It spends a lot of time watching the next cage in the display, hoping to catch sight of the Amur Leopard that lives there.
V1M very kindly organised for me to go to the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent for a Photographers on Safari day. This meant access inside the normal outer barriers that visitors are normally restricted behind, and enabled me to get right up against the inner enclosure, with camera lens as close as could be to the main enclosure. As well as our photographic instructor - John Wright - on hand to advise on technique, we also one of the cats' keepers, Becky, to tempt the animals out of hiding and into more photogenic positions with some tasty bits of meat.
As some of you will know I am a bit of a fan of animals and big cats in particular so I was rather in my element! Not only did I get some rather lovely photos of some gorgeous animals, but just being at such close quarters with them for the whole day was wonderful in itself.
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Khavan is one of two amur leopards at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts. I have a really hard time getting a decent photo of him because of the fencing......
The Amur leopard is considered to be one of the most critically endangered big cats in the world, with roughly 30-40 individuals remaining in the wild. Habitat loss and hunting (for trophies and use in traditional medicines) are the biggest threats to Amur leopards in the wild.
The Amur leopard has been a protected species in Russia since 1956, but poaching is still a problem. Conservation efforts in the wild for these animals include anti-poaching patrols, customs control, fighting forest fires, environmental education programmes and working closely with local communities.
Information sourced from Marwell Zoo.
Leopards are very reclusive, solitary and difficult to see in Africa. This was a lucky shot. Ann Harmless
Der Leopard ist die kleinste Großkatze. Er hat eine Körperlänge von ca. 2,30 Meter einschließlich seines 1 Meter langen Schwanzes. Sie wiegen ausgewachsen bis zu 80 kg, im Regelfall selten mehr als 50 kg. Er ist also sehr leicht geschmeidig und schnell. Leoparden leben in meist unübersichtlichem Gelände in Höhlen oder auf Bäumen. Sie gelten als das meist unsichtbare Phantom. Auch die Besiedlung von Lebensräumen durch Menschen schreckt sie nicht. Im Gegenteil, dort finden sie unter den Haustieren noch leichter ihre Beute. Daher werden sie von der Bevölkerung meist hart bekämpft. Wie alle Großkatzen ist auch der Leopard vom Aussterben bedroht. Sie ist die am weitesten verbreitete Raubkatze. Man findet sie in ganz Afrika, in Arabien und Asien. Selbst in China und Japan kommt sie vor. Entsprechend haben sich einige Unterarten gebildet. Die bekannteste Unterart ist der schwarz gefärbte Schwarze Panther, aus den Regenwäldern, neben dem gelblichen Leoparden der afrikanischen Steppe.