See One of the World's Rarest Big Cats
April 28, 2017 - See video of one of the world's rarest big cats. Camera traps in Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve, Russia, captured video of a mother Amur leopard and her two cubs. Amur leopards are critically endangered and it's estimated that less than 60 are left in the wild. Their main threats are poaching and habitat loss. Experts think the cubs are about four months old. Click here to read more about the Amur leopards.
It's estimated that fewer than 60 Amur leopards are left in the wild, making them one of the world's most endangered cats.
They are rarely seen, but footage from a camera trap recently captured two cubs and their mom on camera. Tucked behind a small rocky cave, the two spotted cubs enter the camera's line of sight. Their mom, nearly twice their size, waits just outside.
The footage was filmed inside the Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia's Primorsky Province, which borders China. Established in 2012 as a partnership between the Russian government and the World Wildlife Federation, the park covers 60 percent of the Amur leopard's remaining habitat.
In a statement released by the
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