THE FAR EASTERN LEOPARD PROGRAMME

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Aeroflot airliner features Far Eastern leopard image

Aeroflot airliner features Far Eastern leopard image

12 January 2015

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Researchers study leopard habits using snow tracks

Researchers study leopard habits using snow tracks

24 December 2014

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Far Eastern leopard count gets underway

Far Eastern leopard count gets underway

17 December 2014

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New images of unnamed leopards captured

New images of unnamed leopards captured

11 December 2014

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Far Eastern Leopard atlas released

Far Eastern Leopard atlas released

10 December 2014

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Preparations begin to count leopards by snow tracks

Preparations begin to count leopards by snow tracks

8 December 2014

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Meet Valera the leopard

Meet Valera the leopard

5 December 2014

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Leopard art contest to be held in Russia’s Far East

Leopard art contest to be held in Russia’s Far East

4 December 2014

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Australian experience to be used in Russia’s Land of the Leopard

Australian experience to be used in Russia’s Land of the Leopard

3 December 2014

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Meet Simba the leopard

Meet Simba the leopard

26 November 2014

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Korean journalists visit Land of the Leopard

Korean journalists visit Land of the Leopard

24 November 2014

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Leopard Keeper contest draws entries from kids

Leopard Keeper contest draws entries from kids

21 November 2014

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The Russian delegation at the 6th World Parks Congress in Sydney

The Russian delegation at the 6th World Parks Congress in Sydney

17 November 2014

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Congress in Sydney to discuss Far Eastern leopard conservation

Congress in Sydney to discuss Far Eastern leopard conservation

13 November 2014

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Yelena Salmanova: Far Eastern leopard research is based on international experience

Yelena Salmanova: Far Eastern leopard research is based on international experience

11 November 2014

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Yelena Salmanova: The leopard has become a symbol of the Far East

Yelena Salmanova: The leopard has become a symbol of the Far East

10 November 2014

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Visitors to the Russian Geographical Society Festival choose name for leopard

Visitors to the Russian Geographical Society Festival choose name for leopard

7 November 2014

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Film about Far Eastern leopards premieres at Russian Geographical Society festival

Film about Far Eastern leopards premieres at Russian Geographical Society festival

4 November 2014

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Far Eastern leopard featured at the Russian Geographical Society Festival

Far Eastern leopard featured at the Russian Geographical Society Festival

1 November 2014

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Preservation of Far Eastern leopard discussed at Nature Without Borders forum

Preservation of Far Eastern leopard discussed at Nature Without Borders forum

24 October 2014

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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