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Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)
Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)
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Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)
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From Project Future4Leopards, 23 Dec. '16: Borna took over Bardia’s territory?
 *This image is copyright of its original author A few days ago, at 7 AM, Borna was sighted by two Iranian renowned biologists Ali Khani and Babak Mousavi in Tandoureh National Park after successful killing of a female ibex. Borna looked healthy, just like when he was first captured in September 2014 to fit with a satellite collar. To our surprise, Borna was seen hunting in the heart of another dominant male leopard, known as Bardia, who was also collared a few days after Borna in 2014. Both leopards showed least range overlap during their monitoring year, but this was the first time Borna was seen in a place used to be a hunting ground for Bardia. The latter, a dominant male which should be around 8 to 10 years now, was known to occur there since 2011, but it has been a while he was not seen. Early this year, in January 2016, the Project Future4Leopard’s crew was lucky to encounter Bardia, seemingly after a fresh meal in Tandoureh. It seems that Borna who used to roam marginal part of Bardia’s range for the past two years, now has taken over Bardia’s territory. Camera traps will be deployed to understand if Bardia is still hanging around. Photo: Seyed Babak Mousavi  *This image is copyright of its original author
On the link there is the video of this sighting.
Persian leopard photographed in Taleghan, Alborz Mountain, Iran  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Project Future4Leopards, 16 Jan. 2017: A leopard killed by a leopard
 *This image is copyright of its original author Does that sound strange and odd? But it is a common behavior among big cats, especially the leopards. Just a few days ago, in mid-January 2017, a young female leopard was killed by a larger leopard in Dorfak No Hunting Area, northern Iran. The leopard, suffocated based on canine signs, was almost two years, according to tooth characteristics. She was found by local people in the area who reported to our colleagues in Gilan Department of Environment. Part of the animal body, from arm to chest, was consumed by another animal. In case that she was eaten by the killer leopard, it is the first confirmed case of cannibalism in the Middle East. Surprisingly, this young female was killed just one year after one of our collared leopards, a three years old female in Tandoureh, who was killed by a larger specimen in early February 2016. Intra-species strife is commonly considered to occur between males, but evidences show that females are probably more targeted than perceived before. A recent study has shown than more than 40% of female leopard mortalities in southern Africa are mediated by other leopards, i.e. they are killed by larger ones. However, such a behavior was not known from Asian leopards, until last year when the project Future4Leopards reported for the first time occurrence of a female mortality mediated by another leopard. Nonetheless, the notion must be borne in mind when translocation programs are implemented by conservation agencies to avoid risk of killing young females by the leopard leopards.  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Project Future4Leopards, 10 Jan. 2017: A new family of leopards in Tandoureh
 *This image is copyright of its original author We just learned that a new family of Persian leopards, unknown to the Project experts before, was explored in Tandoureh. The family composed of a female and two small cubs was filmed by camera traps several times along different trails in northern valley of the national park, an area with rich prey thanks to the rangers tremendous efforts. Initially considered to be the resident family in the valley which was known to the Project since last spring, then it turned out to be a new family, based on pattern comparisons with the existing family. Due to long-standing support of our close friend, Soudabeh Majidi, the Project is honored to name the leopard mom Soudabeh. We are thrilled to share such wonderful news with you, more awesome footages are obtained from the family which will be part of the film currently making by our award winning partner, Wildlife Picture Institute. Currently, the Project Future4Leopards is working closely with local communities through various outreach programs at 18 villages around Tandoureh. Equally important, we are enhancing anti-poaching programs in the area through provision of better equipment and enhancing conservation facilities such as ranger trails as well smart poaching detection systems.  *This image is copyright of its original author
From My Journey with Persian Leopards:
"A leopard in snow, Sarigol National Park, northeastern Iran"  *This image is copyright of its original author
From My Journey with Persian Leopards:
"Borna, the first leopard collared in Tandoureh still lives in the area and has been frequently sighted by visitors to the Park, still healthy and magnificent."  *This image is copyright of its original author
From My Journey with Persian Leopards:
"Scratching on trees enable the leopards to communicate with each other, through their long lasting signs. Such images are very rare to elusive behavior of the leopards in Iran, we have been more than lucky to photo-trap in Sarigol National Park, northeastern Iran."  *This image is copyright of its original author
From My Journey with Persian Leopards:
"Borna was just spotted again in Tandoureh, by a local photographer A. Seifodin. He is our first collared leopard, looking very well."  *This image is copyright of its original author
From My Journey with Persian Leopards:
"Borna after a nice meal of ibex in Tandoureh"  *This image is copyright of its original author
Male Persian Leopard caught with camera trap in the remote mountains of Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
Credits to Persian Leopard Conservation in Kurdistan, Iraq.  *This image is copyright of its original author
From My Journey with Persian Leopards:
"This leopard is an adult big male, his name is Abivard, old name for the nearest town near Tandoureh. He is a dominant male in northern parts of Tandoureh."  *This image is copyright of its original author
From Persian Leopard Project:
Endangered Persian leopard caught in a snare in northern Iran paralyzed. Other link: http://www.iew.ir/1395/11/19/53136 Snares are one of the biggest threats to wildlife across the world, usually set by poachers or farmer to targeted at ungulates but killing indiscriminately other wildlife as well.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
From My Journey with Persian Leopards:
"Borna, a dominant male in Tandoureh, climbing rocks."  *This image is copyright of its original author
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