HOW YOU CAN HELP SAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL

IN 2013, an area called Primorski Krai in the far south east of Russia became part of the Land of the Leopard National Park, and it’s here that you can adopt Amur leopards through WWF.

It contains many rocky cliffs and hidden caves, which the females use to give birth — and hidden cameras have been set up in known leopard habitats to identify and monitor specific individuals.

In winter, specialist teams set out on skis to count leopard tracks in the snow. They cover hundreds of miles of snowy forest and map the positions of the tracks they find using GPS.

WWF have also helped to increase the numbers of deer and wild boar — leopard prey — by supplementing the food of these species during hard winters and vaccinating wild boar against disease.

They also safeguard protected areas and equip and train local firefighters to reduce the impact of forest fires.

You can follow the Amur leopards’ progress through WWF’s regular adoption updates.

YOU can help WWF by donating, becoming a member or, for as little as £3 a month, adopting an endangered animal. You’ll receive a fact pack and regular updates about your animal, and there are also tips on what you can do, in the most simple ways, to help restore precious habitats that have been damaged. As Sir David Attenborough says: ‘We have become the greatest threat to the health of our home, but there’s still time to address the challenges we’ve created — if we act now.’

Visit support.wwf.org.uk