Pantheraman
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"Years of law enforcement to tackle rampant snaring and poaching have failed to halt the loss of Cambodia’s last remaining Indochinese leopard population, according to a recent study.
The researchers believe that while a few individual Indochinese leopards (Panthera pardus delacouri) may still linger in Cambodia’s forests, the country no longer has a viable population of the subspecies.
“Given the current population status and myriad of threats, it is pretty certain that the Indochinese leopard now is functionally extinct in Cambodia,” study author Susana Rostro-Garcia, a scientist with the University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) and the NGO Panthera, told Mongabay in an email. “Regrettably, the population status and trajectory of the Critically Endangered Indochinese Leopard in the [Eastern Plains Landscape] suggest that population recovery in this priority site is unlikely to occur.”
Study: Snares claim another local extinction as Cambodia loses its leopards
You know, it feels like only yesterday when it was discovered Laos lost its tigers. And now Cambodia has lost its leopards. I wonder when dholes are gonna be extirpated from the country because let's face it, it's inevitable in this wildlife hellhole.
And here's another thing to remember: This is the country where people are trying to introduce Bengal Tigers to rebuild the population.
After reading this article, I'm gonna say this will be a great big dumpster fire if it happens.
The researchers believe that while a few individual Indochinese leopards (Panthera pardus delacouri) may still linger in Cambodia’s forests, the country no longer has a viable population of the subspecies.
“Given the current population status and myriad of threats, it is pretty certain that the Indochinese leopard now is functionally extinct in Cambodia,” study author Susana Rostro-Garcia, a scientist with the University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) and the NGO Panthera, told Mongabay in an email. “Regrettably, the population status and trajectory of the Critically Endangered Indochinese Leopard in the [Eastern Plains Landscape] suggest that population recovery in this priority site is unlikely to occur.”
Study: Snares claim another local extinction as Cambodia loses its leopards
You know, it feels like only yesterday when it was discovered Laos lost its tigers. And now Cambodia has lost its leopards. I wonder when dholes are gonna be extirpated from the country because let's face it, it's inevitable in this wildlife hellhole.
And here's another thing to remember: This is the country where people are trying to introduce Bengal Tigers to rebuild the population.
After reading this article, I'm gonna say this will be a great big dumpster fire if it happens.