Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov (kafedra ekologii, zaschity lesa i lesnogo ohotovedeniya, aspirant)
Sochi, Krasnodar, Russian Federation
Voronezh, Russian Federation
Intensive human exploration of the mountain territories, and the uncontrolled destruction of the Per-sian leopard, has led to that now the predator almost completely disappeared from the Russian part of the Caucasus. Currently, self-healing of the Caucasian leopard population is considered impossible, and the only way out of this situation is the reintroduction of species into former habitats. To solve this problem, in the framework of fundamental research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with the support of WWF-Russia, the Program to restore the Persian leopard population in the Caucasus has been developed.
Persian leopard, reintroduction of populations, breeding in captivity, Western Caucasus
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