Help Save the Amur Leopard from Extinction

Amur leopard is unique to the primate area in the northeastern part of Russia and Jilin province in the northeastern part of China and has been designated as a highly endangered species since 1996. In the 2007 census, there were only 14 to 20 adults and 5 to 6 puppies. 19-26 Amur leopard of the wild. Amour leopard is also known as Far Eastern Leopard. Function Amur leopard has a thick layer of covered fur. In the Amur river basin, the northeastern China mountains, the leopard of the Korean Peninsula, a thin creamy coat is especially applied in winter.

Subspecies living in the San Diego Zoo Amur leopard is in danger of extinction. As a conservation organization, we work with other zoos to develop sustainable and genetically diverse Amur leopard individuals that can contribute to the new scientific knowledge and survival of species in restored and protected native species habitats We are developing groups. Monitoring wild populations of Amur leopard is important to understand the population trend, which will determine the effectiveness of current conservation measures. Amour leopard and Tiger Alliance and its partner wildlife conservation association have been monitoring leopard since 1997. In the winter, cats (and other wild animals) are estimated by computing trajectories in the snow along established animal paths to estimate leopard densities and size of populations . In 2002, camera traps were added, allowing researchers to identify individual leopards with their own spot patterns and to monitor individual animals for many years.

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.