Voting starts today TO VOTE -please visit the link under outdoorconservation.eu/project-voting-category.cfm?catid=3 Until just a few years ago, the future for the Caucasian Leopard looked bleak. This sub species of leopard is registered as Endangered on the IUCN Red List and has a total population of no more than 1,300. There hadn’t been a sighting in Armenia since 2007. But, undeterred, in 2010 the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) raised funds to establish the Caucasus Wildlife Refuge (CWR) and to implement robust measures to protect the Caucasian Leopard and its habitat. FPWC’s rangers took steps to reduce the hunting of Bezoar Goats in the CWR and encouraged the sustainable harvesting of wild plants and herbs. Both these measures are essential for the survival of the Caucasian Leopard: goats are their prey and the natural vegetation of the South Caucasus provides food for the goats. (Put simply: no goats, no leopards.)On three occasions in 2013, camera-traps recorded a leopard in the Caucasus Wildlife Refuge.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:49:02 +0000
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