Today, leopard skins are in increasing demand among members of South Africa's Shembe Baptist Church, which has adopted the Zulu practice of wearing spotted cat fur (mainly leopard) during religious celebrations. Although trade in leopard skins is illegal in South...
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Dance ceremony at Shembe gathering
Today, leopard skins are in increasing demand among members of South Africa's Shembe Baptist Church, which has adopted the Zulu practice of wearing spotted cat fur (mainly leopard) during religious celebrations. Although trade in leopard skins is illegal in South...
Remove a Snare. Save a Life.
Panthera has just launched our 'Remove a Snare. Save a Life.' campaign to raise $50000 to protect the world's wild cats from the threat of deadly snares. Watch & share this campaign video to help us raise awareness about the impact of simple wire snares on big cats &...
Tristan Dickerson interviews another man selling leopard skins at Shembe gathering
Today, leopard skins are in increasing demand among members of South Africa's Shembe Baptist Church, which has adopted the Zulu practice of wearing spotted cat fur (mainly leopard) during religious celebrations. Although trade in leopard skins is illegal in South...
Tristan Dickerson interviews a man selling leopard skins at Shembe gathering
Today, leopard skins are in increasing demand among members of South Africa's Shembe Baptist Church, which has adopted the Zulu practice of wearing spotted cat fur (mainly leopard) during religious celebrations. Although trade in leopard skins is illegal in South...
A Snow Leopard Mother Named Suhder
Source: Panthera This video, taken in the Summer of 2011, features Suhder -- a snow leopard mother who is shown in other camera trap videos with two new cubs. Suhder was originally collared in May 2009, but her collar slipped off after just a day. Panthera's team...
Snow Leopard Marking Territory
Taken in the Spring of 2011, this camera trap video shows a snow leopard demonstrating typical territory marking behavior, including scraping and urinating. For more information and camera trap videos, read "Curious Cats Caught on Camera" @ bit.ly
Snow Leopard Inspects a Camera Trap – Mongolia
This beautiful, unidentified snow leopard was first photographed as a cub in the Summer of 2009, and is shown here fully grown. For more information and camera trap videos, read "Curious Cats Caught on Camera" @ bit.ly
Talking to Tigers!
Did you know tigers talk? Learn what a tiger "chuff" means and if you think you can make a good "chuff" noise post a video to our facebook page to win a plush tiger toy! Find Big Cat Rescue on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com WEBSITE: www.bigcatrescue.org GOOGLE+...
Snow Leopard Mother, Tenger, Spring 2011
This video shows Tenger, a female snow leopard monitored through the Mongolia project, who was pregnant with a litter of cubs at the time! Tenger was first collared in October of 2010 and at that time she was estimated to be about 4 years old. Tenger is the mother of...