Posted on 04/11/2022 2:13:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The population of Far Eastern leopard in the wild has exceeded 120 this year, up from 35 in the early 2000s, moving away from the extinction line, Russia's PrimaMedia news agency reported Tuesday.
Far Eastern leopard is the rarest of all large cats on Earth. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List in 2007. Researchers of the Land of the Leopard National Park acquired the data by using camera traps in the Primorsky Territory, Russia.
The national park, established in Russia's Far East in 2012 and covering an area of more than 470,000 hectares, is the main habitat for this rare leopard. Its population grows due to protection from poaching, logging, wild fires and environmental education of the local residents.
"It is important that nature remains in harmony, and maintains a natural balance. Large predators are an indicator of the state of the ecosystem: if the number of cats is stable, if they feel comfortable, then the whole nature is healthy," said Viktor Bardyuk, director of the Land of the Leopard Federal State Budgetary Institution. Enditem
I’ll have the endangered species kabob grilled over moon rocks please. And the Bigfoot-bites appetizer.
I thought the Snow Leopard was the most endangered big cat.
A few wing feathers are all that’s left.
our country is being destroyed by communists while you’re promoting russian pussy...
A pelt from one of those would really look good on the wall of my den.
Wow. Gorgeous.
I’d love to have a king size bedspread made out of some of those, very nice indeed! ;-)
Absolutely GORGEOUS!
But the number is not stable but growing.
So.....
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