Persian Leopard

February 26, 2018
Family of Persian leopard Tandoureh national park

A rare large family of Persian leopards

Cats generally have fairly large families, i.e. two to four cubs are produced. But when it comes to leopards, particularly Persian leopards, they are down at […]
January 9, 2018

An adult leopard found dead in Sarigol

In nature conservation we have to take both success stories and tragedies in our stride. Sadly, at the end of December 2017 an adult Persian leopard […]
December 3, 2017

Leopard cubs born in summer

From anecdotal evidence, mid-spring has been seen as the time when Persian leopards have their “birth pulse” – a short period during which the birth rate […]
November 17, 2017
Borna found dead

Borna found dead

We are sad to have to share the news with you that Borna, the first leopard equipped with a satellite GPS collar in the Middle East, […]
November 1, 2017
Persian leopard

A family of leopards detected

When two years ago we began to protect a forest in northern Iran, we were curious whether there is any big mammal that has survived the […]
October 31, 2017
Poacher

A key poacher arrested in Tandoureh

Our camera trapping studies in Tandoureh enabled us to create a reliable map of the areas most frequented by leopards. We found one valley which was […]