An Anatolian leopard, a breed of the Persian leopard discovered within the Middle East and West Asia, was noticed in two areas, shared Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişçi on Thursday.
A leopard species that was thought of lengthy extinct garnered the eye of the ministry and Turkish residents as soon as one was captured on digicam in 2019, and once more in October 2022.
On Thursday morning, nonetheless, Minister Kirişçi shared a video by his social media account, saying, “The Anatolian leopard has been seen again in two different regions. We will continue to follow its trail and watch its path with excitement.”
The Anatolian leopard, which has been traced with digicam programs in Türkiye in recent times may be seen 25 occasions a day, in line with the findings of the ministry. They said that it has been decided that the endangered animal traveled “more than a kilometer on the trail.”
”The General Directorate of Eastern Conservation and National Parks (DKMP), affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, has taken an vital step for the detection and safety of the endangered Anatolian leopard in our nation and to organize an motion plan,” famous the assertion shared by the ministry.
Though leopards have a wide selection of habitats and simply accessible prey in comparison with different feline species, they’re additionally included within the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.
In Türkiye, it was thought that the species was extinct after an Anatolian leopard was killed in Ankara in 1974. Nevertheless, findings later steered that the wild animal sustained its existence. A male Anatolian leopard was captured on a wildlife digicam on Aug. 25, 2019. Since then, the species was completely monitored.
The ministry additionally highlighted that on account of the analysis of the notifications obtained by the DKMP General Directorate, the leopards have been recognized in a minimum of 4 completely different areas within the nation.
“Although it isn’t attainable at this stage to speak a few common inhabitants of leopards in Türkiye, a leopard analysis unit was established to urgently establish current potential habitats with complete analysis and ‘Leopard Action Plan’ research initiated,” they stated.
It was additionally identified that an software for this motion plan was based mostly on scientific grounds, as consultants from Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Bursa Technical University, Düzce University, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, the World Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and the DKMP sixth Regional Directorate took half in its creation and introduced it to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBITAK). The software made to TÜBITAK was accepted.
On Jan. 18, 2023, the “Pars Research and Monitoring Cooperation Protocol” was signed between DKMP and Isparta University of Applied Sciences.
”With the research to be carried out inside the scope of the undertaking and protocols, a distribution map of the Anatolian leopard subspecies will probably be created in our nation, and indicators reminiscent of traces, excrement and carrion will probably be investigated in attainable areas,” the ministry’s assertion concluded.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
