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This is Rockfig Jr, a female leopard we encountered on the second morning of our safari in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve.
This image would have to be my absolute favourite from the safari, and it was an intense experience to be only a few metres from Rockfig Jr as she rested in the grass.
I had a really great exhibition opening and have sold quite a few works so far which has been a pleasant surprise. I have however felt quite spent since then and have lacked my usual drive.
I feel totally uninspired and everything I have shot since just ends up being shelved.
I thought a few days break would be good to catch up with family and other things I have neglected.
This shot from earlier this year was waiting in the wings and was just right for today.
Hope you are all well and happy and I will visit your streams.
Check this kitty up close & View On Black
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A Portrait of a Leopard (Panthera pardus).
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This is one of 10 Snow Leopards, to be found at "The Cat survival Trust" (charity 272187) based on a 14 hectar site between the villages of Welwyn and Codicote in Hertforshire.
The trust house either surplus or unwanted Zoo cats or those rescued or impounded from unlicencesed private owners.
The cats are rehomed if suitable new locations can be found or allowed to live their lives in an improved stress reduced environment.
The Trust also aims to secure and protect cats in the wide. As such it is the only British based organiastion to have secured and purchased a 10,000 acre protected reserve in Argentina with the support of the government there that has protected it and designated it a Provincial Park.
I could go on a lot more ... visit the web site - become a member and help these wonderful cats...
Jacksonville Zoo - Florida
The critically endangered Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis or Panthera pardus amurensis) is possibly the rarest subspecies of leopard in the world with estimates of between 25 to 34 known individuals remaining in the wild.
Spent two great days in Kent with a Big Cat photoshoot at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation on Sunday and a African Safari at Port Lumpne Wild Animal Experience on Monday.
So you know what to expect my uploads to be for the next few weeks!!
I have uploaded more shots to johndaviesphotography.zenfolio.com/
The scientific name of the snow leopard is Uncia uncia, and is the state animal of Himachal Pradesh, a north Indian state in the western Himalayas. The Snow leopard is also the National Heritage Animal of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Snow leopards are slightly smaller than the other big cats. They are stocky cats with relatively short legs, they have a short body but the tail is quite long. Their fur is long and think and is a smoky gray with tan patches.They have dark grey to black open rosettes with small spots on their heads and larger spots on their legs and tails. Their eyes are pale green or grey in color. Their paws are wide, to distribute their weight for walking on snow, and have fur on their undersides to increase their grip on steep and unstable surfaces, which is important in the rocky terrain they inhabit. -Wikipedia
The snow leopard cannot roar, but it's vocalizations include hissing, chuffing, mews, growls, and wailing.
Which I heard once at the SD Zoo when mate of the snow leopard died, you could hear her wailing. It was the saddest thing I ever heard.
In 1972, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) placed the snow leopard on its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered; the same threat category was applied in the assessment conducted in 2008. -Endangered
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Ich bin mir der Problematik und Ambivalenz der sehr verbreiteten und beliebten Zoo-Tier-Portraits, die so tun, also würde das dargestellte Mitgeschöpf ohne Mauern und Zäune gemütlich, frei und freiwillig da posieren, wo wir es vorfinden und ablichten, bewusst - trage gelegentlich aber selber ein solches bei.
Wir beNUTZen das Tier in gewisser Weise, was wir bei Millionen anderer, Nicht-Zoo-Tiere, die wir unter der Kategorie "NUTZtiere" zusammenfassen, auch und noch ganz anders tun, und was nicht grundsätzlich verwerflich ist - aber ambivalent.
his whiskers are better looking than most of us.
This is no pussy cat He is more than capable of tearing us apart.
Both the leopard and jaguar look similar in appearance.
The leopard is the smaller of the 2 and its rosette patterns do not have dots inside them as shown above.
@melaka zoo
Marwell Wildlife, Hampshire UK
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia syn. Uncia uncia) is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because the size of the global population is estimated at as few as 4,000 adults, of which only 2,500 individuals may reproduce in the wild. The animals are gradually being pushed out of their natural habitat due to destruction, livestock grazing, their prey being hunted by humans and other conflicts with people. Some have even fallen victim to landmines in northern Afghanistan.
Marwell Wildlife are successful members of the European Breeding Programme for the species.
This is my entry for the 6. Feline category in the 52 in 2014 Group.
I feel like one of the super lucky ones to have had the opportunity to visit Africa on more than one occasion, and I hope to go back. Going back and starting to keyword all the memories come flooding back, one of the great things about photography. This leopard stood on this branch, took a nice yawn before taking this position. I like this shot the best because of its eyes.
The most secretive and elusive of the large carnivores, the leopard is also the shrewdest. Pound for pound, it is the strongest climber of the large cats and capable of killing prey larger than itself.