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Amur Leopard Conservation
With a total population of 30-35 individuals, the Amur leopard, or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), is one of the most - if not the most - endangered large cats on earth.
The ALTA Amur Leopard Conservation website provides information about the Amur leopard and about leopard conservation projects implemented by the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance (ALTA). ALTA has decided to dedicate this website to the Amur leopard because it receives, in general, much less attention than its famous cousin, the Amur tiger!
NEW!!!
ALTA Amur Leopard Conservation Video (3 October 2008)
(© ALTA / Zov Taigi) View long version (10 minutes)
Please view the video on YouTube (and help increase traffic to this site)
Amur leopard training movie
Vickie Ledbrook and Jez Smith from Colchester Zoo, and Dr. John Lewis (IZVG) show how to train Amur leopards and listen to their heart with a stethoscope.
ALTA
Significant progress in conserving Amur tigers and leopards has been made over the last decade. A coalition of 13 international and Russian NGOs have pooled resources by creating ALTA (the Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance). ALTA members have been co-operating for many years in developing, financing and implementing conservation projects in Russia and China.More about ALTA Download ALTA Leaflet
News
Join our "Amur Leopard Supporter Gallery"!!!
Eric Barkalow of the Feline Conservation Center in the USA made photos of visitors and volunteers promoting Amur leopard conservation. Have a look at his photos at our new "Amur Leopard Supporter Gallery".
The FCC breeds Amur leopards and informs the public about its endangered status and conservation efforts. You can show your support for the Amur leopard by wearing an Amur Leopard Conservation T-Shirt - available now from the Feline Conservation Center (FCC).
(Update 27 September 2008)
First ever Amur leopard camera-trap photos at livestock kill !
On Tuesday 9 September Zhena Stoma, the anti-poaching team leader, placed for the first time two camera-traps near a livestock kill on a deer farm. The leopard returned to the deer it had killed and the cam-traps made three photos. Read Zhena's story
Amur leopard images on this website can be found in the following galleries:
1) Main gallery 2) Population monitoring (cam-trap photos) 3) Amur leopards in zoos
(Update September 15)
WWF Amur leopard conservation
ALTA members are not alone in their work for Amur leopard conservation – the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) is also a major contributor. Read more! (7 Sept. 08)
Road builders promise building a tunnel for Amur leopards
The main road in the Amur leopard's range in SW Primorye is being rebuilt. The narrow road (a dirt road in many places) will become a broad highway. During a meeting with Sergei Berexznuk of Phoenix and other NGO representatives, the road builders promised to build the road through a tunnel in an area where Amur leopards cross the road most frequently.
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