China - Leopards spotted
December 9, 2012, Sunday
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A pair of endangered Amur leopards were spotted on Tuesday in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin.
It was the first time that field cameras caught two Amur leopards at the same time in Jilin, home to a quarter of all the rarest big cats in the world.
In recent years the habitat for the leopard, which is critically endangered, has improved in China. A nature reserve was established in Hunchun in 2011 to protect Far Eastern big cats like Amur leopards and Siberian tigers.
Amur leopards are in the highest risk category in International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.
In 2007, IUCN had reported that Amur leopards were extinct in China and only 19 to 26 survived in Russia.
It was the first time that field cameras caught two Amur leopards at the same time in Jilin, home to a quarter of all the rarest big cats in the world.
In recent years the habitat for the leopard, which is critically endangered, has improved in China. A nature reserve was established in Hunchun in 2011 to protect Far Eastern big cats like Amur leopards and Siberian tigers.
Amur leopards are in the highest risk category in International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.
In 2007, IUCN had reported that Amur leopards were extinct in China and only 19 to 26 survived in Russia.
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