Breakthrough in clouded leopard project


Hope for paws: Catching and tagging Rahsia the endangered clouded leopard is a major boost to conservation efforts for the species. - Bernama

KINABATANGAN: A female Sunda clouded leopard has been fitted with a satellite collar — for the first time ever — by a conservationist studying the movement of the endangered species in the lower Kinabatangan area.

Rahsia, weighing 9.9kg, was caught in one of the traps set up along the Kinabatangan River in the vicinity of the Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC) on Aug 15.

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