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Looks great on black (press L).
Taken by Betsy with her trusty Canon G9 as the leopard walked past, ignoring us as she looked for prey.
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.
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in three visits to South Africa's Kruger National Park I only saw one leopard, but it was rather a magnificent one. It broke out of the bushes and crossed the road right in front of us on a dull morning, and then it was gone. I had to stop the car, change lenses and trust to luck, in less than 20 seconds, but I got this one shot which has it's own something about it even if it's on a road with a giraffe's legs in the background - to me it carries a lot of the sense of what it's life to experience the moment, which a classic leopard in a tree shot doesn't always. scan of 35mm transparency
Just on our way out of Kruger at Orpen Gate,this leopard came walking down the road.I was lucky to get this picture,some 30 seconds later he vanished into the long grass.Our one and only big cat encounter this day.