This weekend, conservationists have officially marked the first International Arabian Leopard Day to help raise awareness for the critically endangered big cat that once roamed widely across this region.
The smallest of all leopards – the Arabian leopard is only half the weight of its African counterpart – it once inhabited large swathes of Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and the UAE.
Today, however, that territory has shrunk dramatically, with pockets remaining only in Yemen and central Saudi Arabia. Human expansion…
