About Leopards
The leopard can be found in all of sub-Saharan Africa and west of the Kalahari Desert, and it is also found in the Middle East (Iran, Pakistan) and Asia (China, India, Indonesia, and Nepal). Since the leopard has such a wide range, there are probably over 30 subspecies of leopard. The leopard's habitat is temperate broad-leaf and mixed forests. However, it's rarely found in cold or high-elevation environments and is best known in its more familiar home in the savannas of Africa, where populations are relatively stable.
Leopards hunt by night; capture and kill deer or boars thanks to their vivacity (Leopards are almost as quick as cheetahs.), they eat then in trees on which they climb, thanks to their powerful paw muscles, and spend most of their time.
Leopards' Threats
Leopard hunting for its fur was once very popular causing a significant decline in the 1960s and 70s. Today threats to the species include trapping and poisoning by farmers who consider the leopard a nuisance to their livestock, habitat loss, commercial hunting, and decline in prey populations. Although listed and protected, the leopard is actually doing well in the wild with the latest population estimated at over 500,000 worldwide.
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