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| Daly, B.; Friedmann, Y. | |
| The Leopard Controversy in South Africa: Common Cat or Conservation Concern? | |
| 2006 Cat News (44): 18-19 | |
Fundamental to the effective management and conservation of any species is a reasonable estimation of population sizes, distribution and trends. Much of this information is unknown for the leopard _Panthera pardus_, and leopards have been referred to, by eminent carnivore researchers Luke Hunter and Guy Balme, as the world's most persecuted big cat. Despite the fact that accurate knowledge of the status of this species is lacking, decisions regarding its future are frequently taken and the species continues to be hunted, persecuted and forced out of its natural territories. |
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