News articles tagged with 'leopard'
Flying Turkmen leopards to bring species back to Caucasus
— 24 Sep 2009 07:43 | EnvironmentTwo leopards from Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan are recovering after a long flight and car ride to their new homes in a Russian national park, as part of efforts to reintroduce the species... — full story
Tiny pump means pain relief for big cats
— 2 Sep 2009 10:48 | BiologyVeterinarians from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and the University of Tennessee have found a solution to the challenge of providing effective pain relief to some of... — full story
Afghanistan releases its first-ever list of protected species
— 4 Jun 2009 15:29 | EnvironmentThe Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan's National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released... — full story
Amur tigers threatened by economic crisis
— 24 Apr 2009 15:58 | EnvironmentLoggers in Russia's Far East increasingly are cutting down Korean cedar pine, raising concerns that the endangered Amur tiger could lose critical habitat and its prey could lose a major... — full story
Skin of rare Amur leopard discovered in car
— 21 Apr 2009 12:51 | EnvironmentPolice are investigating the killing of an Amur Leopard - one of the rarest animals on earth with only a few dozen left in the wild - after officers discovered the skin of an adult... — full story
Putin signs on dotted line for Far-Eastern leopards
— 31 Oct 2008 18:06 | EnvironmentRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed the decree which will put into effect a long-sought protected area that will house half of all remaining Far-Eastern leopards... — full story
World's rarest big cat gets a check-up
— 31 Oct 2008 13:52 | EnvironmentThe world's rarest big cat is alive and well. At least one of them, that is, according to researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) who captured and released a female... — full story
Amur leopards benefit from Russian conservation concession
— 22 Oct 2008 11:32 | EnvironmentFor the first time ever, a partnership between WWF and a for-profit timber company have been awarded a 'conservation concession' to restore approximately 10 percent of the critically... — full story
Rare leopards photographed in east Siberia
— 25 Apr 2008 19:51 | BiologyA camera trap in Kedrovaya Pad reserve has captured rare footage of one of the world's most endangered cats. Eight Far Eastern Leopards were photographed in the reserve, located in... — full story
Critically endangered female Amur leopard captured
— 23 Oct 2007 04:00 | BiologyA rare Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), one of only an estimated 30 left in the wild has been captured and health-checked by experts from a consortium of conservation organisations,... — full story
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