Only an estimated 30 Amur Leopards left in the wild
Pictured is the rare Amur leopard cat, estimated to be one of only 30 left in the wild. The leopard was recently captured and given a health check before being released by into the wild by experts from a consortium of conservation organisations working in the Russian Far East.
Back in 1970, it was reported in the Zoological Society of London’s ‘International Zoo Yearbook’ that two male hybrid cats were born at Kaunas, Lithuania (formerly USSR) in 1968 to an Amur leopard Cat (F bengalensis euptilura) and a Jungle Cat (F Chaus), – another species that hybridises freely with domestic cats.