Encountering the world's rarest big cat: Amur leopard
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Encountering the world's rarest big cat: Amur leopard
Overview of the Amur leopard.
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Transcript
The boreal forests of eastern Russia - in the darkness of the night, rare and elusive animals emerge out of the shadows. An Amur leopard, the rarest big cat in the world. Few people have ever seen one, or ever will. Less than 40 animals are left in the wild, making this the most critically endangered big cat on Earth. Russia’s far east is the leopard’s last stronghold. A brief glimpse of the phantom, before it disappears back into the night.