Cujo! A flamepoint! Woah! Beautiful baby! *skritch-skritch!
Panther do you have other pics like this? LOVELY! You & I are in the same ballpark with the panthers. I have been writing a book with a friend (my idea and mostly my own writing ) called 'The Feral Ones' that is online, mostly fantasy sci-fi, involving Gods & Goddesses and time-travel & romance.
*cross-posted from Harry Q.'s post in 'Race for the Big Cats':
Rare leopard 'faces extinction' Saturday, 9:37 PM By Richard Black BBC environment correspondent
Amur leopards are a little lighter in colour than other leopards
The world's rarest cat, the Amur leopard, is facing extinction in the wild, conservationists have warned.
They have blamed a recent decision by the Russian government to approve an oil pipeline through the leopards' only habitat, on the harsh eastern coast.
It is estimated that only about 30 of the animals survive in the wild.
Human settlements and forest fires have already pushed the Amur leopard to the brink of extinction - there are more in captivity than there are in the wild.
At the end of December, Russia approved a plan for a pipeline bringing oil from Siberia to a new terminal on the coast, opening up export routes to east Asia.
The pipeline will pass through the Amur leopards' only remaining range - and conservationists working with the Zoological Society of London say it could be the last straw.
They are appealing to the Russian government to re-route the pipeline and give the world's rarest cat one more life.
I LOVE THE PHOTOS !!!!! I STILL NEED A LESSON ON HOW TO POST ONE.... ALL OF THESE PICKS TRULY REMIND US ALL OF HOW MAGICAL AND MYSTERIOUS OUR CAT KIND ARE AND HOW MUCH WE ALL NEED TO RESPECT THEM. THEY ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL !!!!
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