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Far Eastern Leopard sitting on ground

The Far Eastern or Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), already among rarest of the world’s big cats, has now been found to face another threat: infection with canine distemper virus (CDV)....
Leopard lying on a hill around fallen leaves in autumn

In a new paper, Dr. Martin Gilbert and colleagues describe the first documented case of canine distemper virus in a wild Amur leopard. With only 80 Amur leopards estimated to be left in the wild, infectious disease can have devastating consequences.
Asian wild dog standing in the wild.

Dawn breaks over a wide and acacia-studded savanna. In their wallows, the mud slathered buffalos blink sleepily at our passing, and the air is alive with the purr of zebra doves....