'Davidoff' - Male Amur Leopard @ Twycross Zoo

Snow Leopard at Twycross Zoo yawning

A snow leopard at the Pittsburgh Zoo.

Inyati Game Lodge, Sabi Sand area, Kruger

Bioparc, Valencia.

Duran Duran ft. Kelis - The man who stole a leopard

'Davidoff' - Male Amur Leopard @ Twycross Zoo

Leopard at Willpattu National Park Sri Lanka

Leopard

(Panthera pardus)

Okonjima,

Namibia

Leopard at Linton Zoo.

Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758

Felidae

Carnivora

Mara North Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya, Dec. 2012

Leopard, Yala NP Oct 2013

Leopard in Masai Mara, Kenya

Snow Leopard HD Wallpaper

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Sri Lankaanse panter (Panthera pardus kotiya)

Bioparc Fuengirola, Spain

Conservation status: Endangered

Too Hot! - Snow Leopard - Anna - San Diego Zoo, 9-7-2015

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I took this photo at the Bannerghatta National Park, India

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.

A young leopard is having rest in his cave, taken December 2010

Leopard

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.

Taken at Colchester Zoo in 2012.

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Leopard (Male), Karongwe

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.

The Newington male waiting for his father to leave the tree.They didn't get on too well together. Mala Mala private game reserve, South Africa

Location: Well Mal Kehma - Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

It is Cleaning time for Leopard after good sleep.

Leopards are very reclusive, solitary and difficult to see in Africa. This was a lucky shot. Ann Harmless