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In Saudi Arabia, where, for generations, the Arabian Leopard and its prey were hunted and its habitat steadily eroded by human expansion and development, the animal is feared to be extinct. (Supplied/RCU Images)

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How the ‘critically endangered’ Arabian leopard is being returned to the wild in Saudi Arabia

Only a handful of the magnificent animals are thought to survive in the entire Arabian Peninsula
A program managed by the RCU has bred 16 cubs at the Wildlife Research Center in Taif

By Jonathan Gornall · 10 February 2022

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