Wildlife health monitoring and capacity-building for leopard conservation in Russia (AKA Amur Leopard & Wildlife Health Project)
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £176,515
WHERE Russia
Summary
Biodiversity conservation in the RFE enhanced by developing local capacity to conduct wildlife health surveys and monitoring and by assessing the health status of Amur leopards, of their prey, and of domestic animals suspected of passing diseases on to wild cat populations as the basis for improved strategies for long-term wildlife health monitoring and management, and disease risk management in Amur leopard reintroduction.
Moscow Zoo, Tigris, Primorskaya State Academy of Agriculture, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) - Russia, Phoenix Fund, Novosibirsk Zoo, Russian Academy of Science, Vladivostock, Lazovsky State Nature Reserve, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) - Russia, Ultios Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
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