Critically Endangered Species: Amur Leopard

What can we do to stop this? How can we save an endangered animal? Species Survival Program: The Zoo Aquarium Association's AZA has established a worldwide system to protect these endangered animals. This plan is called the species survival plan. As part of the species survival program, zoos and aquariums will work with AZA to follow the rules and planning system to promote care of these endangered animals in the facility. Each of the 500 or more species protected by AZA has its own management system.

Panthera pardus orientalis is a leopard subspecies of Primorsky Krai native to southeast Russia and northern China. It is listed as a very endangered species in the IUCN Red List. In 2007, only 19-26 wild leopards were presumed to survive in southeastern Russia and northeastern China. It is considered to be one of the most unusual cats on the planet. Genetic studies have shown that Amur leopard is genetically closer to northern China and Korean leopard genes, and leopards in this area have fragmented in the early 20 th century. Northeastern Panther was previously considered a unique subspecies. Japan, but it is classified as Amur leopard in 2017

Amour leopard is the world's most endangered cat, currently on the Red List of IUCN's "Endangered Red", 80% lost from 1970 to 1983. It is a population. . Today, Amur leopard is illegally hunted in China and other countries in the Far East. That's because the fur is not only big money, but bones and organs are strongly required to use drugs and vital

Just a few years ago, Panthera pardus orientalis seems to be on the verge of extinction. In a survey conducted in 2000, of these large cats at risk, only about 30 were left in the forest in the southwestern part of Russia, there were only 2 in China . Russian WWF-Amur branch of the senior consultant ecologists, Yury Darman said, poaching and loss of habitat are still very prevalent, to save the species is said to have appeared to be of "impossible task" It was. In fact, the situation is very bad and many protectionists feel that they need to take thorough measures. The only problem is what kind of drastic measures are taken. "In 2001, at the International Symposium on Far Eastern Leopard Protection in Vladivostok, many scientists and national authorities seriously proposed to capture the past 30 wild Amur leopards in order to survive under captivity" Said Dallman.