About the Amur Leopard:
The Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is found in the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and Jilin Province of Northern China. Unlike what people think about leopards living in Africa this subspecies as become accustomed to the life in the forests. The Amur Leopard live up to 10-15 years and have been critically endangered since 1996, in 2007 according to Wikipedia 14-20 adults and 5-6 cubs were counted in a census.
Why the Amur Leopard is critically endangered?
There are quite a few reason to why the Amur Leopard is so extinct.
One of the main reason is this animal being hunted for not only it lovely fur coat but also for its bones which are used in Traditional Chinese Medicines. The fur of the Amur Leopard is quite beautiful and for this reason is hunted and sold illegally. In 1999 an undercover team found a female and male Amur Leopard skin being sold for $500 - $1000. The Amur Leopard is also poached to lessen the competition for deer and other wild animals.
Although according to WCR fires are most likely the greatest threat for the Amur Leopards habitat. Even though they don't cause naturally in Russia due to the climate, the result of human caused fires can be disastrous turning the forest into dry grasslands which isn't suitable for this animal.
Does Climate change affect this animal?
Climate change does have an impact on the Amur Leopard although compared to other threats it is small, but overtime it will become a much bigger situation and cause the Amur Leopards be relocated to a new habitat.
Is there a way we can stop this animal from becoming extinct?
The main thing we can do to stop this animal from becoming extinct is to make people aware of this animals situation. With the right money and resources we will be able to save the Amur Leopard by creating Anti-poaching campaigns as well ad expanding
protected areas of land that the Leopards live on. For more information you can visit http://worldwildlife.org/species/amur-leopard where you are able help even more.
QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE AMUR LEOPARDS!
-The Amur Leopard can run up to 37 miles per hour
-It has been reported that the Amur Leopard can leap to 19 feet vertically and 10 feet horizontally
-With many gas pipeline plans, expanding of road networks and many other development programs along with illegal logging the forest the Amur Leopards are living in are becoming less and less overtime.
-The Amur Leopard is one of the rarest big cats.
-The Amur Leopard is also known as the Far Eastern leopard, Korean leopard, and Manchurian
leopard.
The Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is found in the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and Jilin Province of Northern China. Unlike what people think about leopards living in Africa this subspecies as become accustomed to the life in the forests. The Amur Leopard live up to 10-15 years and have been critically endangered since 1996, in 2007 according to Wikipedia 14-20 adults and 5-6 cubs were counted in a census.
Why the Amur Leopard is critically endangered?
There are quite a few reason to why the Amur Leopard is so extinct.
One of the main reason is this animal being hunted for not only it lovely fur coat but also for its bones which are used in Traditional Chinese Medicines. The fur of the Amur Leopard is quite beautiful and for this reason is hunted and sold illegally. In 1999 an undercover team found a female and male Amur Leopard skin being sold for $500 - $1000. The Amur Leopard is also poached to lessen the competition for deer and other wild animals.
Although according to WCR fires are most likely the greatest threat for the Amur Leopards habitat. Even though they don't cause naturally in Russia due to the climate, the result of human caused fires can be disastrous turning the forest into dry grasslands which isn't suitable for this animal.
Does Climate change affect this animal?
Climate change does have an impact on the Amur Leopard although compared to other threats it is small, but overtime it will become a much bigger situation and cause the Amur Leopards be relocated to a new habitat.
Is there a way we can stop this animal from becoming extinct?
The main thing we can do to stop this animal from becoming extinct is to make people aware of this animals situation. With the right money and resources we will be able to save the Amur Leopard by creating Anti-poaching campaigns as well ad expanding
protected areas of land that the Leopards live on. For more information you can visit http://worldwildlife.org/species/amur-leopard where you are able help even more.
QUICK FACTS ABOUT THE AMUR LEOPARDS!
-The Amur Leopard can run up to 37 miles per hour
-It has been reported that the Amur Leopard can leap to 19 feet vertically and 10 feet horizontally
-With many gas pipeline plans, expanding of road networks and many other development programs along with illegal logging the forest the Amur Leopards are living in are becoming less and less overtime.
-The Amur Leopard is one of the rarest big cats.
-The Amur Leopard is also known as the Far Eastern leopard, Korean leopard, and Manchurian
leopard.