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A new internal parkland in Russia is an endeavour to save the world ’s rarest kat , the Amur leopard .
The park , announced Tuesday ( April 10 ) by the World Wildlife Fund ( WWF ) , embrace 650,000 demesne ( 262,000 hectare ) of Amur leopard breeding area in Russia ’s Far East . Now name the Land of the Leopard National Park , the parkland covers about 60 per centum of the critically peril cat ’s home ground .
Eight Amur leopards have been caught on camera in southeastern Russia. Fewer than 40 of the big cats survive in the wild.
Fewer than 40Amur leopardsare believe to live in the wild , according to the WWF . While most leopards stick to the savanna of Africa , the Amur leopard be intimate cold and high - elevation home ground , such as that found in the far east of Russia and in northern North Korea .
The fresh national park will aid protect these orotund quat , which can get through 110 pound ( 48 kilograms ) . The land will also become home to 10 Amur , or Siberian , tiger , another endangered mintage . Amur tigerswere once in as fearful a place as Amur leopards , but their universe is rebound , with an estimated 360 tigers in the wild today .
The park will welcome eco - tourists . Russia has invested $ 16.6 million in the park ’s infrastructure , with a toast of $ 1.3 million more for upkeep . The Leslie Townes Hope is that the protect land will assist pad the struggling Amur leopard universe , which has suffer monolithic amounts of home ground to human impact .
Eight Amur leopards have been caught on camera in southeastern Russia. Fewer than 40 of the big cats survive in the wild.
