THE FAR EASTERN LEOPARD PROGRAMME

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Eastern Economic Forum to support Far Eastern wild cats in charity run

Eastern Economic Forum to support Far Eastern wild cats in charity run

12 August 2016

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‘Wild cat train’ launched on the grey line of the Moscow Metro

‘Wild cat train’ launched on the grey line of the Moscow Metro

29 July 2016

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Wild Cats Parade exhibition opens in Moscow

Wild Cats Parade exhibition opens in Moscow

20 July 2016

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China to establish a national park to save Far Eastern leopard

China to establish a national park to save Far Eastern leopard

7 July 2016

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Leo 80M arrives in Moscow from Primorye to participate in breeding programme

Leo 80M arrives in Moscow from Primorye to participate in breeding programme

22 June 2016

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Big Cats of the Far East adding flair to the Moscow Metro

Big Cats of the Far East adding flair to the Moscow Metro

26 May 2016

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Russian and South Korean scientists to combine efforts to preserve leopard

Russian and South Korean scientists to combine efforts to preserve leopard

20 May 2016

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Record high number of leopard cubs recorded in Land of the Leopard National Park

Record high number of leopard cubs recorded in Land of the Leopard National Park

19 May 2016

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Vladimir Putin praises the Russian Geographical Society’s leopard project

Vladimir Putin praises the Russian Geographical Society’s leopard project

30 April 2016

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New eco-trail to open in Land of the Leopard by autumn

New eco-trail to open in Land of the Leopard by autumn

22 April 2016

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Land of the Leopard and Russian Railways team up to fight wild fires

Land of the Leopard and Russian Railways team up to fight wild fires

7 April 2016

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Leopard injured in poacher’s trap to join zoo breeding programme

Leopard injured in poacher’s trap to join zoo breeding programme

29 March 2016

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Sergei Ivanov attends the opening ceremony for the Narvinsky Tunnel

Sergei Ivanov attends the opening ceremony for the Narvinsky Tunnel

28 March 2016

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Far Eastern Leopards Supervisory Board meeting

Far Eastern Leopards Supervisory Board meeting

15 March 2016

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Spotted Long-livers in Land of the Leopard

Spotted Long-livers in Land of the Leopard

1 March 2016

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Korean journalists shooting film about rare wild cats in Primorye

Korean journalists shooting film about rare wild cats in Primorye

26 February 2016

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Snow tracks to reveal leopard-tiger relationships

Snow tracks to reveal leopard-tiger relationships

26 January 2016

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Primeval Russia Festival opens at Central House of Artists

Primeval Russia Festival opens at Central House of Artists

22 January 2016

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Sergei Donskoi: Punishment for poaching to become more severe

Sergei Donskoi: Punishment for poaching to become more severe

24 December 2015

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Farmers to be reimbursed for livestock killed by leopards

Farmers to be reimbursed for livestock killed by leopards

17 December 2015

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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