Leopard Predation Thread

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Leopards preying on Sika Deer

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Quote:Earlier the deer breeder informed the inspectors that a leopard had killed a male deer at night time on the territory of his farm.
A dead animal carcass was found in an internal enclosure, approximately 100 meters from a warden's hut. A guard found the dead deer early in the morning when he was going round the territory. The leader of the South team Eugeny Stomainspected a scene carefully and concluded that there were two night guests, most probably a female leopard with a paw size of 6.5 cm and a male offspring with smaller pads. A back part of the dead deer carcass was partially eaten, several bites were noticed on the neck.

Next morning brought the good news. The leopards showed up again to finish their dinner and got caught on camera traps set up by Eugeny Stoma right by the hunted prey. Such appearance is rather rare and gives the specialists lots of useful information about the few Amur leopards that live in the south of Primorye. Unfortunately, the abundance of predators on photographs was caused by overlay of several frames. To find out more about the night “hunters” Eugeny and his team decided to follow their tracks on the fresh snow. After closer investigation it was discovered that the tracks apparently belonged to adult leopardess and her two cubs. Hopefully, now they are satiated and well protected.

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/amur-leopards-conservation/reports/?subid=8895


As you can see, a mother leopard killing sika deer on a farm. Hopefully, there may be enough prey items in the wild for Amur Leopards sometime in the future.
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