THE FAR EASTERN LEOPARD PROGRAMME

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New photos of new Far Eastern female leopard taken in Primorye Territory

New photos of new Far Eastern female leopard taken in Primorye Territory

13 December 2021

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Another Far Eastern leopard receives name

Another Far Eastern leopard receives name

16 November 2021

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New female leopard sighted in Primorye national park

New female leopard sighted in Primorye national park

29 October 2021

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Land of the Leopard expands trail camera network for monitoring rare wild cats

Land of the Leopard expands trail camera network for monitoring rare wild cats

19 October 2021

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Leopard keeper visits Land of Leopard National Park in Primorye

Leopard keeper visits Land of Leopard National Park in Primorye

3 October 2021

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Female leopards’ unusual behaviour in Land of the Leopard National Park

Female leopards’ unusual behaviour in Land of the Leopard National Park

14 September 2021

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Sergei Ivanov praises Land of the Leopard’s work

Sergei Ivanov praises Land of the Leopard’s work

6 September 2021

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Sergei Ivanov: Far Eastern leopard no longer threatened by extinction

Sergei Ivanov: Far Eastern leopard no longer threatened by extinction

2 September 2021

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New Far Eastern leopard captured on video at Land of the Leopard National Park

New Far Eastern leopard captured on video at Land of the Leopard National Park

6 August 2021

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Russia’s Far Eastern leopard population surpasses 100

Russia’s Far Eastern leopard population surpasses 100

28 July 2021

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Dima Bilan becomes a Far Eastern leopard’s keeper

Dima Bilan becomes a Far Eastern leopard’s keeper

3 June 2021

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Grace gives birth to fifth litter

Grace gives birth to fifth litter

31 May 2021

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Family of four leopards captured on video in Primorye

Family of four leopards captured on video in Primorye

26 March 2021

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Photographers capture images of rare leopards in the Primorye Territory

Photographers capture images of rare leopards in the Primorye Territory

18 March 2021

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Queen Borte has cubs again

10 March 2021

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Far Eastern leopards’ home range grows threefold

Far Eastern leopards’ home range grows threefold

3 February 2021

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Camera traps capture a Far Eastern leopard's meal

Camera traps capture a Far Eastern leopard's meal

1 January 2021

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Video captures Far Eastern leopard communication

Video captures Far Eastern leopard communication

3 December 2020

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Social media users name a Far Eastern leopard

Social media users name a Far Eastern leopard

26 November 2020

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Oldest Far Eastern leopard spotted in Primorye

Oldest Far Eastern leopard spotted in Primorye

22 July 2020

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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