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Hi everyone today I'm going to talk about a very new issue I have never discussed recently. I watched this Planet Earth commercial on TV(its a documentary on arts central about animals), then they were saying about a critically endangered species of animal, the Amur Leopard.


The reason why I'm posting this is because I was extremely shocked at the numbers left. Forty. Only forty left and the numbers are still dropping. I went to Wikipedia to do a little research and here's a little of what I've found.


The Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis or Panthera pardus amurensis) is the rarest and northernmost subspecies of leopard. Here's a picture



Courtesy of Wikipedia


It is extremely close to extinction with only 25 to 34 individuals remaining in the wild (only 6 of these are female), while it is estimated that at least 100 are needed if the species is to avoid extinction. Habitat destruction and the fur trade have diminished its numbers dramatically, and has resulted in the animal becoming the rarest extant member of the feline family on the planet.


Omygawd sad hor...I wish the damn hunters will get their retribution. Anyway, enough of this environmental crap, big thanks to everyone who has made my first week of holiday not as boring as it could have been! And Lik Zhing, you rock too lol.

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