Human-wildlife conflict is decimating leopard numbers in one of their last African strongholds

Mongabay
May 3, 2017, 2:29 pm153 pts
South Africa banned the hunting of leopards last year amid uncertainty over the species’ numbers and ongoing threats to its survival posed by mismanagement of the trophy hunting industry and the illegal trade in its fur. Leopards (Panthera pardus) are notoriously difficult animals to study in the wild due to…

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