THROWING OUT A CHALLENGE (AMUR LEOPARD)

Original vid: zovtv. If against use just send message, I remove video valuable work traduced from russian - english narrator talks fast, so sometimes it is difficult to understand see also documentary "The Last Leopard (2008)" 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------­­­------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------­­­------------------------- 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. .