Persian leopard conservation in Bamu National Park selected as Cat specialist group "Project of the Month".

Persian leopard conservation project selected as March 2008 “Project of the Month” in Cat specialist group website. The field surveys focused on camera-trapping for leopard population census till now and next phase will be started from spring 2008.
This project was initiated in June 2007 with logistical support of Fars province Department of the Environment and donors like Mr. Navid Shahrouzi in Bamu National Park and has reached tremendous preliminary results so far. Recently this project was presented in IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist group website as the first Iranian Cat conservation project.
The progress report could be found in the link below and brief objective are available in "Projects" section of this website.
http://www.catsg.org/catsgportal/project-o-month/02_webarchive/grafics/march2008.pdf