Amur Leopard

<BODY> <h2>Amur Leopard</h2><br> Amur Leopards are amazingly athletic; they can sprint up to 35 mph and can carry prey three times their weight into a tree (that's up to 600 pounds!). They can survive freezing cold Russian winters; their long hair acts as insulation and their long legs help them in the snow. Even though these animals are powerful, they face extinction because of man’s continued poaching and destruction of their habitat. They are critically endangered, less than 50 survive in the wild today. This program takes us to Kedrovaya Pad National Park, the oldest nature reserve in the Russian Far East, to meet some of these remarkable cats. 08DR JSCA 30 min. <A HREF="index.htm" target=_top>Home</a><br> </BODY>