Amur Leopard Good News

World's rarest big cat turns the corner as Amur leopard population grows sharply
Amur leopard steps back from the brink - Courtesy of WWF Russia
April 2013. Specialists of Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, "Land of the Leopard" National Park, WWF and Wildlife Management Department of Primorsky Province have finalized the results of snow track leopard census

Best hopes exceeded
The census produced four happy results, and one alarming development. In general the results exceeded all expectations - 48-50 individual leopards were detected, or 1.5 times more than 5 years ago.
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WS for sharing this news!

There can only be one word for it...

That is really good news, even though the population is still at 50. I know that some people are thinking that the species is practically extinct, but in my opinion this gives us hope. Maybe the cubs of the Amur leopards that are young now will be released if not into the wild yet, at least into some kind of reservation area. From what I have heard it is not a question of decades but years.

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