Good news from the big cat world! According to this story in the New York Times, the Javan tiger – which has been considered extinct – may still be wandering in the wild!
As the report reads, “Rangers at Ujung Kulon National Park in West Java last month photographed a big cat unlike any previously seen in the preserve. The pictures, released this week, set off a flurry of speculation that one of Indonesia’s legendary species was still alive…” (read more here).
Meanwhile, snow leopards are being taken off the endangered species list. That doesn’t mean that they’re not still at risk, though. (Read more here.)
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