For the first time in 50 years, two #Persian #leopard cubs were born in a #Russian national park in a major effort to reintroduce the endangered #species back to the wild.
Once a breed that heavily populated southwest Russia, poaching and habitat lost has landed this big cat on the endangered species list, with only about 1,290 adults left in existence.
With the likelihood of a new family of #leopards populating the mountains of Russia, this birth certainly provides a small step forward for the endangered species.
