Leopards losing ground in battle against extinction: study

By Michelle Faul, The Associated Press, May 7, 2016 

LAGOS, Nigeria – Leopards have lost 75 per cent of their historic range across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, with three Asian subspecies in danger of eradication, a new study says.

A three-year review of data published in the scientific journal PeerJ this week challenges the conventional assumption that the iconic and famously elusive spotted cats are thriving in the wild.

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