#leopardcubs

Mommy to Mama 🖤🤍💛

A Big Caturday shout out from top notch NatGeo conservation #wildographer @stevewinterphoto Young leopards playing while hanging out next to their mom - the cubs will stay with her - until she goes to hunt - then she will hide them in a safe place until she returns. This is so similar in many ways to us as humans! Our animal family is so much like us - they find mates, they have kids, they have to feed themselves and their families. If we can find a way to believe they think, feel and have emotions, we need to treat them better and find a way to ensure their future on this planet. They are a vital part of the ecosystems in which they live. The health of animals, humans and the environment are all inextricably linked together. Did you know that female big cats are philopatric? Which means that daughters stay near the area where they were born and take a piece of moms home range? That being said they have very low tolerance for each other and are fiercely territorial. If you were to look at the savanna where leopards live from a birds eye view you would see that leopard females live in what you call a matrilineal kin cluster - it’s a cluster of females that are largely all related! Moms, aunts, daughters and sisters. Male leopards are completely different and travel hundreds if not thousands of kilometers to find their own homes. 🏠 * Be sure to follow @stevewinterphoto for more big cat shots from around the world & enquire about mighty fine prints. 🌍 🦁 https://www.stevewinterphoto.com . . . . #Wildography #leopard #leopardcubs #cats #catgram #catsofinstagram #panthera #bigcat #jaguar #tiger #cheetahs #ocelot #wildcats #catstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CfylAIyspd0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The San Diego Zoo has achieved another milestone this spring, after Amur leopard, Satka, (pronounced Saat Ka) gave birth to two cubs—the first time Amur leopard cubs have been born at the Zoo since the rare species first arrived in 2011. The cubs were born April 5th and are now spending more time outside of their den and in public view. Over the past few weeks, Satka has been introducing the young ones to their habitat, slowly allowing them to explore, climb and play, before corralling them into the den for feedings or to rest. Animal care staff said that so far, they haven’t had much contact with the cubs. Instead, their objective is to allow Satka to take the lead in their care. ⚠️Less than 70 Amur leopards have been documented in their native habitat, the Primorye region of the Russian Far East, making them the rarest big cat species on the planet. ⚠️ #Repost @sandiegozoo ・・・ We're delighted to introduce the *first-ever* critically endangered Amur leopard cubs born at the Zoo. WARNING: This video contains insane levels of cute. Prepare to squee and turn up the volume. #leopardcubs #endangeredspecies #endextinction #offthechartscute #sandiegozoo #amurleopard #leopard #catsofinstagram #instacat #bigcatsofinstagram (at San Diego, California)

Two #Leopard cubs, barely 3 weeks old were successfully reunited with their mother by Team #WildlifeSOS, led by Dr. Ajay Deshmukh & the Forest Dept recently. For those of you who missed this heartwarming story, follow the link to know more and see the exclusive camera trap video; http://wildlifesos.org/blog/missing-leopard-cubs-happily-reunited-with-mother-in-maharashtra/

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It is with a very heavy heart ❤️ and a tear 😢 in my eye as I write this sad tribute to the terribly missed, beautiful #leopard: The MAGNIFICENT SOUL KITTY 🐱 #Karula. She raised an astonishing 10 #leopardcubs to adulthood ending her #legacy with precious fur babies: #Xongile and #Hosana 👑 #TheRoyalFamily of #Djuma 🐆I still can't believe she is gone 🙏🏼 Thank you @safariliveofficial @grahamwallington for bringing her fabulousness to our screens for so long - She is now lounging up a Marula tree in the sky 🐾 💫 @jamesrahendry @brentleosmith @jamie.paterson4 @try_becca @kirstmcs @louisepavid @gerry_kent @umlunguish @braatpeter @haydenjamesturner ☀️

"And who might you be? You get closer and we honna tell Mama on you!" A couple of precocious #leopardcubs on the #riverbank just soaking in the dawn sun! They are #stunning! www.exploreafrica4x4.blogspot.co.za www.facebook.com/exploreafrica4x4/ Twitter; Xploreafrica4x4 #kruger #explore_africa_4x4 #wild #safari #wildanimals #predator #tour #trip #travel #adventure #big5 #africa #foreversouthafrica #nature #beauty #conservation #lens #nikonpix #iPhone #iPhonepix #naturespeaks #savetheplanet #l#today'sphoto m#photooftheday #videooftheday #dangerousanimals #wildlifephotography #leopard

Yes I know these cubs are taking over my life, but look how cute they are! They're growing up too fast! #amurleopards #amurleopardcubs #leopardcubs #cubs #zoobabies #zoophotographer #zoophotography #wildlifephotographer #wildlifephotography #zoophotos #criticallyendangered #endangeredspecies #conservation #twycrosszoo #bigcats (at Twycross Zoo)