Dumb hunters kill one out of seven last females of Amur Leopards

The WWF announced that hunters in Eastern Russia recently killed one female of the critically endangered species of Amur Leopard. The animal was shot and them beaten to death with one blunt object apparently. She was one of the last seven (7) female animals still living of that species. The end is approaching fast for them.

Sources: the Register, New Scientist, Futura-Sciences & AFP.


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