Thursday, April 19, 2012

Amur leopard survey in the province's Changbai Mountain area


Updated: 2012-04-20 08:00

By Wu Yong and Liu Ce in Shenyang and Han Junhong in Changchun (China Daily)


The population of the Amur leopard, (click here) the rarest cat in the world, is showing signs of recovery, according to a report from the forestry department in Jilin province and the World Wide Fund For Nature.
"Thanks to (China's) enormous efforts to protect forests and crack down on poaching, the big cat appears to be rebounding in China," said Jiang Jinsong, an official from Jilin provincial forestry department....