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Leopards On The Verge Of Extinction In Cambodia

(Courtesy Panthera/WildCRU/WWF Cambodia/FA)

A new study confirms that the breeding population of leopards in Cambodia has declined by 72 percent in the last five years.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Luke Hunter, chief conservation officer for Panthera (@PantheraCats), which co-authored the study along with Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Unit.

Interview Highlights

On reasons for the decline

“It’s really the case that what we’re seeing in Indochina, but

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