Azerbaijan boosts nationwide number of leopards (VIDEO)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 4. The number of
leopards grew in Azerbaijan, Trend reports via the WWF (World
Wide Fund for Nature) Azerbaijan’s Facebook page.

As many as six leopard cubs were born in the country’s Zangezur
National Park, named after Hasan Aliyev, Nakhchivan Autonomous
Republic, last year.

The video was captured using camera traps set up as part of an
international environmental campaign project aimed at restoring the
leopard population, conducted by the Ministry of Ecology and
Natural Resources and IDEA (International Dialogue for
Environmental Protection), with support from the WWF.

The results of the study conducted in Nakhchivan using the
cameras show that the past 12 years have been the most productive
for leopard reproduction.

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