International Leopard Day 2024: Here is a list of documentaries you must watch to learn more about the big cat
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Every year, May 3 is observed as International Leopard Day to create awareness about the big cats and the importance of their conservation. Here are some documentaries you must watch to understand better about the big wild cat:
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72 cutest animals (2016)
There are several animals that one finds cute and many that one find threatening. Have you ever found a leopard or an octopus cute? This mini TV series makes a case for the cuteness of many such animals and how their adorable meter actually helps them survive in difficult conditions.
Living with Snow Leopards:
As the title suggests this documentary-styled series takes you to Asia’s high mountains to experience the reality of living with this endangered big cat in your own backyard. The series shows how families in snow leopard range countries co-exist with the big cast and navigate through the challenges that comes along with it.
Leopards of Dead Tree Island:
Directed by Graeme Duane, the documentary is a dramatic, real-life tale of three leopards that is set in Botswana's Okavango Delta. This is prime territory for Africa's most secretive big cat. While the leopards avoid contact with each other, there is one island that becomes a common hunting ground for all three leopards. They are drawn together to the island by the changing seasons and the movement of their prey. The series follows their journey to dominate one of the Okavango's most prized leopard territories.
Leopards in Sugarcane farms
Maharashtra is home to the third largest populated state of leopards. This documentary set in Maharashtra follows a leopard who has made his home in a Sugarcane farm as their natural habitat shrinks. It shows the remarkable intelligence of these animals and highlights how important it is for us to conserve them.
Wildlife Leopards- Dangerous Cat Predators
A documentary by Nat Geo, it takes viewers on an enthralling journey deep into the rarely seen lives of leopards. It is a journey of birth life and death as a mother leopard and her first surviving cub of six fight off marauding baboons and elude scavenging hyenas in a constant struggle for survival.
Jade Eyed Leopard:
In Jade Eyed Leopard, follow Toto, a leopard with unusual aquamarine eyes, for the first years of her life as she learns fundamental survival skills.
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