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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Researchers catch, then release, world's rarest big cat in Russia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The world&rsquo;s rarest big cat is alive and well.  At least one of them, that is, according to researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) who captured and released a female Far Eastern leopard in Russia last week.  The capture was made in Primorsky Krai along the Russian-Chinese border by a team of scientists from WCS and the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Biology and Soils (IBS).  The team is evaluating the health and potential effects of inbreeding for this tiny population, which experts believe contains no more than 10-15 females.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Save Snow Leopards]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is one of the rarest and most elusive big cat species with a population of 4,500 to 7,500 spread across a range of 1.2 to 1.6 million kilometers in some of the world&#x27;s harshest and most desolate landscapes.  Found in arid environments and at elevations sometimes reaching 18,000 feet (5,500 meters), the species faces great threats despite its extreme habitat.  These threats vary across its range, but in all countries where it is found &#8212; Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and possibly Myanmar &#8212; the species is at risk.  In some countries snow leopard are directly hunted for their pelt, in others they are imperiled by depletion of prey, loss of habitat, and killing as a predator of livestock.  These threats, combined with the cat&#x27;s large habitat requirements, means conservation through the establishment of protected areas alone may not be enough save it from extinction in the wild in many of the countries in which it lives. Working to stave off this fate in half a dozen of its range countries is the Snow Leopard Conservancy.  Founded by Dr. Rodney Jackson, a biologist who has been studying snow leopard in the wild for 30 years, the Conservancy seeks to conserve the species by &quot;promoting innovative grassroots measures that lead local people to become better stewards of endangered snow leopards, their prey, and habitat.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rare Amur leopard photographed for the first time with kill]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With just over thirty individuals left, every photograph of an Amur leopard in the wild is news.  But recently released photos are the first to show an Amur leopard at a livestock kill, making them even more important. According to an article from Wildlife Alliance, on September 8th a staff member of the Gamov sika deer farm contacted Eugene Stoma with news about an Amur leopard that had entered the farm and killed three deer.  Stoma is the leader of an anti-poaching squad that protects the remaining leopards.  After locating the leopard&rsquo;s kill, Stoma and his team placed camera traps around the kill, hoping the leopard would return. The leopard did return yielding three photos from various angles.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1008-hance_amur_leopard.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deepest-ever lake dive searches for new energy sources]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Russian scientists have reached the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest lake, to take samples of gas hydrate deposits.  Russia hopes the methane-rich deposits could someday be exploited as an energy source.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eight individuals of one of the world's rarest cats caught on film]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent photographs have brought hope to conservationists regarding the world's rarest large cat, the Amur leopard.  They were taken in the Primorisky Region of Russia by a camera trap.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Threatened Amur tiger shows signs of recovery]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a world where many animals are under siege, the Amur tiger -- popularly known in the West as the Siberian tiger -- offers an encouraging message: the population of the huge cat is showing signs of recovery.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/1031-amur_tigers.html</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First park established in Russian Far East]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Russia has established the first national park in the far eastern part of the country.  The initiative seeks to protect endangered Amur tigers from extinction.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rarest leopardess brutally killed in Russia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[WWF reports that a female Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) was found brutally killed in Russia.  The Far Eastern or Amur leopard is the world's rarest cat with a wild population numbering 25-34 individuals.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0423-leopard.html</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Less than 35 Amur leopard remain in the wild]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new census shows the world's most endangered cat, the Amur or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), is on the brink of extinction with a wild population estimated at 25-34 individuals. "The recent census confirmed once again that the Amur leopard survives on very shaky ground," said Pavel Fomenko, biodiversity conservation program coordinator at the Far-Eastern branch of WWF in Russia.]]></description>
<link>http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0419-leopard.html</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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