THE FAR EASTERN LEOPARD PROGRAMME

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Data on Far Eastern leopard population presented at RGS Board of Trustees

Data on Far Eastern leopard population presented at RGS Board of Trustees

25 April 2019

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Land of the Leopard researchers get first photos of adult Leo 45F with cubs

Land of the Leopard researchers get first photos of adult Leo 45F with cubs

15 March 2019

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Wounded Far Eastern leopard captured close to Kedrovaya Pad

Wounded Far Eastern leopard captured close to Kedrovaya Pad

5 March 2019

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Land of the Leopard researchers discover one of the most popular marking spots

Land of the Leopard researchers discover one of the most popular marking spots

21 December 2018

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Famous leopard Lord's cub spotted at Land of the Leopard

Famous leopard Lord's cub spotted at Land of the Leopard

21 November 2018

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Alexa spotted with an unknown male leopard

Alexa spotted with an unknown male leopard

2 November 2018

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Wild cat protection discussed at CITES meeting in Sochi

Wild cat protection discussed at CITES meeting in Sochi

4 October 2018

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A 10-year-old female leopard with a cub caught on trail cameras

A 10-year-old female leopard with a cub caught on trail cameras

27 September 2018

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Viktor Bardyuk: We need a backup leopard population

Viktor Bardyuk: We need a backup leopard population

26 September 2018

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Trail cameras take about 8,000 photos of leopards

Trail cameras take about 8,000 photos of leopards

19 September 2018

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New leopard cubs captured on camera near popular ‘marking tree’

New leopard cubs captured on camera near popular ‘marking tree’

14 September 2018

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Land of the Leopard National Park set to expand

Land of the Leopard National Park set to expand

11 September 2018

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Far Eastern leopard installation at Vladivostok Airport

Far Eastern leopard installation at Vladivostok Airport

3 September 2018

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Specialists name the most fertile leopardess in Land of the Leopard

Specialists name the most fertile leopardess in Land of the Leopard

31 August 2018

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Land of the Leopard: Crossroads of Cultures festival attracts 2,000 visitors

Land of the Leopard: Crossroads of Cultures festival attracts 2,000 visitors

22 August 2018

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Police officers in Primorye give name to Far Eastern leopard

Police officers in Primorye give name to Far Eastern leopard

10 August 2018

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Trail cameras on the border with North Korea captured images of new leopards

Trail cameras on the border with North Korea captured images of new leopards

27 July 2018

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First cubs of wild Far Eastern leopard born in captivity in 60 years

First cubs of wild Far Eastern leopard born in captivity in 60 years

13 July 2018

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Three adult cubs from one family caught on camera for the first time

Three adult cubs from one family caught on camera for the first time

29 June 2018

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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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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