THE FAR EASTERN LEOPARD PROGRAMME

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A female leopard nursing her cubs is caught on camera for the first time

A female leopard nursing her cubs is caught on camera for the first time

14 June 2018

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Camera traps capture Taiga and Typhoon’s mating rituals

Camera traps capture Taiga and Typhoon’s mating rituals

30 May 2018

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Leopard family recorded together for the first time

Leopard family recorded together for the first time

4 May 2018

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Sergei Ivanov: Far Eastern leopard no longer in danger of disappearing

Sergei Ivanov: Far Eastern leopard no longer in danger of disappearing

26 April 2018

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Social media users choose the name for Far Eastern leopard

Social media users choose the name for Far Eastern leopard

17 April 2018

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More rare felines spotted at Land of the Leopard

More rare felines spotted at Land of the Leopard

5 April 2018

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Land of the Leopard followers to choose the name for a leopard

Land of the Leopard followers to choose the name for a leopard

3 April 2018

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Big Cats: Predators Under Threat is the theme of World Wildlife Day 2018

Big Cats: Predators Under Threat is the theme of World Wildlife Day 2018

2 March 2018

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More camera traps installed in Land of the Leopard National Park

More camera traps installed in Land of the Leopard National Park

27 February 2018

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Leopard breeding programme coordinator: Nikolai is doing well

Leopard breeding programme coordinator: Nikolai is doing well

26 February 2018

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Land of the Leopard trail camera captures seven animal species

Land of the Leopard trail camera captures seven animal species

2 February 2018

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Far Eastern leopards greet guests at Russia’s Primeval Nature festival

Far Eastern leopards greet guests at Russia’s Primeval Nature festival

29 January 2018

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Far Eastern leopards waiting out low temperatures in caves

Far Eastern leopards waiting out low temperatures in caves

26 January 2018

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Lord the leopard sets record for most ‘dates’ with females

Lord the leopard sets record for most ‘dates’ with females

19 January 2018

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Tracks in the snow show how leopards get along with tigers

Tracks in the snow show how leopards get along with tigers

18 January 2018

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Monitoring flights over Land of the Leopard

Monitoring flights over Land of the Leopard

10 January 2018

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Prey stolen from Far Eastern leopard on the motorway

Prey stolen from Far Eastern leopard on the motorway

30 December 2017

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Driver records leopard near motorway next to national park

Driver records leopard near motorway next to national park

26 December 2017

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The female leopard hit by a car in the Primorye Territory found alive

The female leopard hit by a car in the Primorye Territory found alive

15 December 2017

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Defence Ministry leopard keepers name their Far Eastern leopard

Defence Ministry leopard keepers name their Far Eastern leopard

12 December 2017

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19 photos

The Far Eastern leopard prefers areas of high relief, with steep hill slopes, rock outcrops and watersheds

The Far Eastern leopard is the northernmost leopard subspecies, found north of the 45th parallel. These days, it can be found only in the southwest of the Primorye Territory

The maximum body length is 136 centimetres in males and 112 centimetres in females; the length of tails is 90 and 73 centimetres, respectively; the maximum weight is 60 kilogrammes

The Far Eastern leopard’s biology has already been studied in-depth, yet further efforts are needed to find out more about the species’ capability to adapt to the changing environment

Leopard newborns are blind, and have thick, long fur. Their skin is covered with small, solid brownish and black spots, with no rosettes. At birth, they weigh 500 to 700 grammes, on average, and measure 15 centimeters in length

Wildlife Preserve personnel talk about some of the most acute problems, particularly poaching

Sergei Ivanov visits Leopard Wildlife Preserve

Far Eastern leopards become sexually mature by the age of 2.5 to 3, males usually a bit later than females

Sergei Ivanov delivers the keynote speech on the conservation of the Far Eastern leopard at a St Petersburg session of the Russian Geographic Society’s Board of Trustees

The Far Eastern leopard programme has entered a new phase after two months of exploration across southwestern regions of the Primorye Territory, with existing camera traps checked and new ones installed

According to the most optimistic estimates, the world’s Far Eastern leopard population is 40, with 30 leopards presumably dwelling in the Primprye Territory, and the remaining ten in China

Unless emergency conservation measures are taken, the leopard population will go extinct. With this in mind, a strategy was enacted in Russia in 1999 to save the Far Eastern leopard

Leopard hunting was officially banned in 1956, but the expansion of agriculture, especially reindeer breeding, in leopard-populated areas destabilised the population

Russia’s Nikolai Przhevalsky and Mikhail Yankovsky are the first researchers to have provided information about the Far Eastern leopard. They mentioned this species in their expedition notes

China plans to set up nine frontier preserves for the Far Eastern leopard and the Amur tiger in the next few years

Leopards’ life expectancy in the wild is 10 to 15 years, while in captivity they can live up to 20 years

Far Eastern leopard arrives at Barnaul Zoo

Leopards prey mostly on ungulates, such as roe deer, boar, axis deer, and red deer. Their diet may also include hare, badger, raccoon, pheasant, hazel grouse, and various insects

Kedrovaya Pad and Leopard wildlife preserves are two major participants in the leopard conservation effort in the Primorye Territory