The Great Leopard Rescue: Saving the Amur Leopards

By Sandra Markle

In 2007 only thirty Amur leopards remained in the wild. Scientists knew they needed to do more to help these big cats. However, details of the leopards' wild lives in their high-altitude forest home were still a mystery. With the help of new technology and the cooperation of scientists and governments around the world, people have learned more than ever before about these rare cats. An innovative plan is under way to give Amur leopards a more secure future. Can these cats rebound from the brink before it's too late?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing
• Release date: Aug 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512420500

Sandra Markle

Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally-known science education consultant. Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. Several titles have been named as National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Children’s Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, and Animal Predators was honored as a Top 10 Youth Nonfiction Series by Booklist. Markle is also the author of the Insect World series and several single titles. Her book Rescues! was named a Best Book by the Society of School Librarians International and a Recommended Title of Outstanding Nonfiction by the National Council of Teachers of English’s (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Award committee; Animal Heroes was named a 2008 Lasting Connections title by Book Links. Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.

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Reviews for The Great Leopard Rescue

[carlathelibrarian · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

What a great book with a happy outcome for one of the many endangered animals in the world. This is the second book in the Rescue Series by Sandra Markle that I have read.

The Amur Leopard is becoming endangered due to shrinking habitat, the splitting up of their habitat as well as hunting them for trophies. In 2007, only 30 of these leopards were left in the wild. Zoos began a special controlled breeding program for the Amur leopards to help build up the population. They had to move them to other zoos to avoid inbreeding problems. In 1990 group of scientists studied them in the wild using implanted transmitters. A Protected park for the leopards was established in Russia in 2007. Zoos worked with the scientists to come up with a plan to breed and release amur leopards into the wild. This is a feel good book for anybody interested in how to help endangered species to live and thrive.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.