The Last of The Amur Leopard: The World’s Most Endangered Big Cat

Amur leopards are native to  China, in the northeast, going to the south of Peking and the Korean Peninsula, and Russia. 

Most of  species are rarely found in cold or high-elevated environments.  The Amur leopard is the sub-species of the leopard, and prefers temperate forests,  and harsh winters of  Russia, in the far east.

It has distinctive rosettes, a thick border and eyes widely spread

These leopards are critically endangered, and have decreased  fifty times over the  past thirty years.

There is only one found in Primorye Territory in Russia

The reason for the decline in Amur leopards are as follows:

Cutting down of tress

Forest fires

The land in most ares have been chosen for farming

Most leopards are rarely found in cold or high-elevation environments, but instead live in the savannas of Africa where populations are relatively stable.

The reason for the decline of the Amur leopard is as follows:

The cutting down of trees

Forest fires

Land has been chosen for farming

Poaching for their fur coats

When trees are cut down it leaves no place for other prey to survive for the leopards.

Inbreeding, a problem  for the disappearance of the species, because of genetic degeneration.  This happens even without the influence of human.

There are severe reproductive and congenital abnormalities, if inbreeding remains.

A three month old cub of the Amur leopard is at the San Diego Zoo.  This is to  try and keep the species in existence.

Some conservationists think it is too late to save the Amur leopard