8/13/2023 0 Comments Lions eating prey pic(Photo: Panthera/Senegal/Everatt)Ĭobras, like this one pictured, pose one of many challenges to our researchers working in Saudi Arabia, where we partner with the Royal Commission for AlUla to restore populations of Critically Endangered Arabian leopards. The park’s veterinarian removed the quills, saving the life of a crucial individual for the population’s recovery. In Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park, our scientists came across a young, Critically Endangered female West African lion with porcupine quills stuck in her face, which prevented the starving lioness from eating. "Sophia" represents the first female to be collared as part of the Panthera Jaguar Program's long-term demographic study of jaguars throughout their range. (Photo: Nicolás Lagos/Panthera)Ī two-year-old female jaguar nicknamed "Sophia" being collared in the Brazilian Pantanal in June 2022, weighing in at 55.3k. Panthera is working with communities in the region to increase coexistence with the big cat. (Photo: Gareth Whittington-Jones/Panthera)Ī puma rests on a rock where mountains meet the sea in the Chilean Patagonia. Panthera has partnered with the Barotse Royal Establishment to produce synthetic Heritage Furs, which were used at this year's Kuomboka Festival (pictured above), when His Majesty the King of the Lozi (Litunga) journeyed across the Zambezi floodplain to his summer palace. In Zambia, scores of leopards, lions and servals are killed for their furs, to be used in traditional garb. Records like this would have been thought impossible a decade ago, but thanks to persistent anti-poaching operations and scientific monitoring from Senegal's Department of National Parks and Panthera, NKNP has more than doubled its lion population in a decade. The first record in Senegal of a female West African lion with four cubs, documented in Niokolo Koba National Park (NKNP), where the subpopulation is Critically Endangered. ![]() ![]() One of these jaguars was spotted on a camera trap moments before it inspected the device. In the Brazilian Pantanal, our Jaguar Program focuses on human-cat conflict mitigation and ecotourism, which benefits the livelihoods of both local people and jaguars. Their work is critical to protecting the country’s wildlife, including the rare Indochinese tiger. ![]() Wildlife rangers from Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and Panthera trek through dense undergrowth in Thailand. Thanks to efforts of Panthera and partners, these kittens may be better protected from retaliation due to predation on local livestock. Please enjoy!Ī female puma, surrounded by her kittens, ever on the lookout for prey in the Chilean Patagonia. To celebrate the year's many successes, we are releasing our first annual Picture Purrfect list, a collection of the year’s best 22 images showcasing wild cats, the threats they face, the beautiful ecosystems they call home, challenges of life and conservation in the field and the courageous scientists and rangers working to protect them. Thanks to Panthera and partners, 2022 was a year of extraordinary progress in the fight to save wild cats and their habitats - from endangered tigers returning from the edge of extinction to promising signs of the recovery of some of the last 250 West African lions.
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