WWF Pakistan: Male leopard captured in Ayubia Park
It was the first time a common leopard got GPS-collared in Pakistan.
LAHORE:
A team of World Wide Fund for Nature - Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) captured a male Common Leopard (Panthera pardus) close to Ayubia National Park. The spotted feline was equipped with a satellite GPS collar and released in the wild. It was the first time a common leopard got GPS-collared in Pakistan. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Wildlife Department collaborated in the effort made on September 1, 2013. The leopard was weighed, and after having its morphometric (size and shape) details recorded, a satellite collar was fixed to its neck. After having the DNA samples collected, the spotted predator was released back into its original habitat.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 3rd, 2013.
A team of World Wide Fund for Nature - Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) captured a male Common Leopard (Panthera pardus) close to Ayubia National Park. The spotted feline was equipped with a satellite GPS collar and released in the wild. It was the first time a common leopard got GPS-collared in Pakistan. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Wildlife Department collaborated in the effort made on September 1, 2013. The leopard was weighed, and after having its morphometric (size and shape) details recorded, a satellite collar was fixed to its neck. After having the DNA samples collected, the spotted predator was released back into its original habitat.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 3rd, 2013.