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• n  the pelt of a leopard
• n  large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots

• It is with a sense of utter outrage that I read about the recommendations of some ecologists that the hunting of leopards and an international trade in leopard skins be resumed .
• Alligators and leopards are no longer seen as endangered .
• The booty from the two hauls added up to a jungle massacre--120 leopard skins, 18,000 leopard claws (extracted from an estimated 1,000 dead cats), a leopard penis, seven tiger .

• Panthera pardus

News & Articles

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• 'Tarzan' actor gets court victory, still can't take animals home
  Former "Tarzan" actor and big cat enthusiast Steve Sipek gets a victory in court, but he still won't be able to take his two tigers and leopard home.
  June 13, 2013 - WPBF Palm Beach
• Rainbow returns home
  MICHIGAN CITY — Rainbow the Leopard Tortoise was very lost – but made it home Friday, thanks to a Good Samaritan.
  June 12, 2013 - The Michigan City News-Dispatch
• Tibetan monks partner with conservationists to protect the snow leopard
  Tibetan monks could be the key to safeguarding the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) from extinction, according to an innovative program by big cat NGO Panthera which is partnering with Buddhist monasteries deep in leopard territory. Listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List, snow leopard populations have dropped by a fifth in the last 16 years or so. Large, beautiful, and almost never-seen, snow ...
  June 10, 2013 - Environmental News Network

Quotes

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• Bertrand Serlet in BBC News
  Snow Leopard builds on our most successful operating system ever and we're happy to get it to users earlier than expected,said Bertrand Serlet, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering.
• Steve Jobs in The Times
  Early indications are that Leopard will be a huge hit with customers,says Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Leopard's features are getting great reviews, and making more people than ever think about switching to the Mac."
• Philip Schiller in Apple Hot News
  Leopard Server is the best release of Mac OS X Server yet, bringing more great innovations, like Podcast Producer, Wiki Server and iCal Server,said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "With new...