The Great Leopard Rescue: Saving the Amur Leopards
The Great LeoPaRD ReSCue Saving the Amur Leopards Saving the Amur Leopards Sandra Markle (cid:0)(cid:0)j millbrook Press (cid:333) minneapolis
DAnger In the fading light of an autumn day a young male Amur leopard picks his way over a rocky ridge and sets off on his nighttime hunt Earlier in the morning he caught a hare before finding a den to sleep in But one hare isn’t enough daily food for a cat nearly twice as big as a German shepherd So awake again he’s hungry and hunting When his keen nose picks up the scent of blood he tracks it 4
A wounded animal would be an easy kill But this one is another leopard’s prey With a throaty growl the rival warns the young male to stay away He moves on and keeps hunting Able to drag prey three times its weight this leopard dragged a wild goat to a place where it could defend its meal 5
