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Okavango in Botswana
This lone leopard was followed a few minutes. The vibrations from the truck startled a group of warthogs resting in a nearby burrow. They darted right out of the hole and the leopard pounced on the youngest member of the family. It gripped the warthog's neck trying to subdue it's deafening whines for help that now seemed hopeless.
But completely unexpectedly, the mother warthog suddenly charged out of the grass and rammed the leopard in the side. Both the warthogs quickly scrambled away relatively unharmed. In complete disbelief of what they had just witnessed, they tried to follow the leopard, which had now given chase, but they soon lost it in the waning light of the delta.
In a matter of minutes, however, they were joined by a hungry pack of hyenas who must have been hoping to find a quick meal - they were probably as disappointed as the guys up there, but it was just about the most incredible event he ever witnessed in his life
AMUR LEOPARD CONSERVATION
With 30 in the wild, it is the most endangered big cat species on Earth. ALTA is implementing a wide series of projects to save the species. Support at: http://www.amur-leopard.org
BIOSPHERE EXPEDITIONS
Their philosophy is based on a voluntarism principle, where you will spend your holidays helping scientists on a conservation project, see : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_VTteMmrJ4
Here is their leopard conservation project in Namibia http://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/2-week-expeditions/wildlife-volunteering...
And this is their Arabian leopard conservation project in Oman:
http://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/oman
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LEOPARD CONSERVATION STATUS (IUCN)
Near Threatened
AFRICAN LEOPARD, occurs across most of sub-Saharan Africa
INDIAN LEOPARD, is widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent
INDO-CHINESE LEOPARD, mainland Southeast Asia & southern China
All increasingly rare outside protected areas. Populations are decreasing
Endangered
PERSIAN LEOPARD, fewer than 871-1,290 mature ind., declining pop.
SRI LANKAN LEOPARD, Sri Lanka
NORTH CHINESE LEOPARD, Northern China
Critically Endangered
JAVAN LEOPARD, from 350-700 to 250 or even 100 mature individuals.
ARABIAN LEOPARD, less than 200 in 2006, pop. decreasing.
AMUR LEOPARD, 30 in the wild, most endangered big cat on Earth.
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HUMAN THREAT
Mainly habitat loss. But leopards are also:
killed for commercial reasons (fur, others), leopard-human conflict, hunted for fun. Kept unfree (zoos..., in small cages without vegetation + exhibited all day to another species). Used as tourist attractions. Petted. And surely others.
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Leopard ambushes warthogby peaceleopard1,021 views
The title should be "Idiots shine a light on leopard and expose him to attack from behind."
clarkanorak 3 months ago