Traditional Eastern medicine makes extensive use of wild animal body parts in the treatment of many diseases. These treatments have no scientific basis, so it is a real tragedy when poachers track and kill an endangered animal in order to satisfy demand for body parts that in actual fact have no real value. Help WWF stop the senseless killing of this beautiful big cat by adopting an Amur leopard.

With so few Amur leopards left in the wild, we are in real danger of seeing this species disappear altogether. Unless there is a concerted effort by conservation agencies partnering with governments to do something about this, the Amur leopard will probably become extinct.

One of the reasons there are so few Amur leopards is because humans have been encroaching on their natural habitat. Forests have been converted into agricultural land and people have been engaging in illegal logging. If we are to see a real revival of this species, all of this needs to controlled. To do that WWF needs to lobby local authorities and national governments to protect the areas Amur leopards roam. You can help fund the effort by adopting an Amur leopard through WWF.

Loss of habitat also means loss of prey. Amur leopards have to face harsh winters and often there is simply not enough food to sustain the prey these leopards hunt. WWF is doing something about this by supplementing the food their prey feed on and also vaccinating them against disease. WWF works with wildlife managers to make sure that there are healthy populations of ungulates (a large mammal) that can sustain a growing population of leopards in the region. You can help them achieve this goal by adopting an Amur leopard.