thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 11月17日 08時49分

Photo by @stevewinterphoto
Here is more proof that we humans live with majestic animals in urban areas without even knowing they are there - AND without major problems if we let them be. Leopards are the most adaptable and the most persecuted cat on our planet.

This shot of a leopard walking in front of an apt. building on the edge of Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai, India is an outtake from my @ナショナルジオグラフィック Leopard story.

The residents of Mumbai use the park during the day - kids playing cricket, couples walking after work or school - others just walking in nature to listen to the symphony of the park and to take a break from the bustling city of over 21 million people.
But at night the leopards come out - in the core of the park they have a substantial food source of deer and other species - but they walk silently on the trails at night close to apartment buildings. In one instance I met a man who had lived in this building for 10 years and did not know there were leopards here! I saw him every night walking with friends getting some exercise - two weeks later he tells me he was up at 3:30AM and looks out his window and sees a leopard for the first time! Our natural world is simply perfect and incredibly amazing. And without it we as humans cannot survive - we need to wake up and save the nature that we depend on for our oxygen, water and food - life itself. If we save big cats we can save ourselves.

National Geographic launched the Big Cats Initiative to raise awareness and implement change to the dire situation facing big cats. Please visit CauseAnUproar.org to find out more about Build a Boma and other ways to become involved to save big cats! Give a High 5 for big cats! #5forbigcats @
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Read more about the state of leopards worldwide in the Dec. issue of National Geographic Magazine here and linked in my bio @stevewinterphoto.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/leopards-moving-to-cities-text

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