MASSIVE LEOPARD IN LONDON FOR BIG CAT WEEK

GreenWorldTV meets Lily the Leopard created by Harry Potter animatronic specialists John Nolan Studios for the Nat Geo Wild launch for BIG CAT WEEK.
Lily the leopard has been created for Nat Geo WILD’s Big Cat Week to raise awareness of the plight of the species, which is threatened with up to 90% habitat loss.
Featuring:
Anneka Svenska, John Nolan and Giles Clark of the Big Cat Sanctuary.
Nat Geo Wild Mission Critical Leopards at the Door Airs Thursday 9th March at 8pm & Big Cat Week airs on Nat Geo WILD all this week from 8pm.
Presented & Produced by Anneka Svenska
Filmed & Edited by Ellen Cobb
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FACTS ON LEOPARDS:
Leopards are believed to have migrated from their original African territory to Asia between 170,000 to 300,000 years ago.
The leopard’s broad diet, habitat adaptability, and smaller size relative to other big cats, allows it to thrive in a diverse range of territories throughout India.
Human beings create some of the greatest threats to leopards’ survival. Leopards are often poached, skinned for ceremonial accouterment, hunted for trophies, and slayed when they encroach on livestock.
Leopards have strong territorial instincts. They have been known to roam nearly 75 miles to return to their home turf.
The Leopard’s scapula has evolved to support exceptionally strong neck and shoulder muscles that enable the cat to kill large prey easily and drag the prey up trees to shield it from other hungry predators.
Roughly 11,000 leopards remain in India.
Leopards’ global range has been reduced by 85% of what it was historically in Eurasia and by 66% of its historical range in Africa.
The leopard’s name comes from the ancient Greek words pard for panther and the Latin leo for lion. What we now know as the cheetah was historically named leopard and was thought of as a cross between a lion (leo) and panther (pard).
Steve Winter decided that he wanted to be a National Geographic photographer at the young age of eight. He had a photographer’s dark room by the age of 11.
The formation of the city of Mumbai encompassed seven small islands off of India’s western coast during the 17th century when they first became connected through drainage for causeways, breakwaters, and railroad embankments. In 1,000 B.C.E. the location where Mumbai is situated was a maritime trading center between Persia and Egypt.

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That leopard was a work of art, it’s a shame it can only roar and can’t do the other things a real leopard could do.