Habitat loss and intense poaching of tigers and their prey, combined with inadequate government efforts to maintain tiger populations, have resulted in a dramatic reduction in tiger numbers.

Referring to their origin on two Sunda Islands we propose to give N. diardi the common name Sundaland clouded leopard. The reduced gene flow between Borneo and Sumatra might suggest the recognition of two subspecies of N. diardi. Based on this reclassification of clouded leopards not only species, but also the populations on Borneo and Sumatra should be managed separately and a higher priority should be placed to protect the different populations from extinction.

Having reiterated that mainland leopards Neofelis nebulosa were distinct from those found on Borneo and Sumatra, they discovered that the latter two islands host significantly different N. diardi subspecies.

Three rare Melanistic Indian tigers have been spotted in the Similipal National Park in Orissa's Mayurbhanj district.

The population of the endangered Iberian lynx species at the Doņana park in Huelva will be increased this autumn with the help of a pair of lynx from the Sierra Morena park.

It follows the death of three of the cats because of a viral infection over the past two months.

These two latest births bring the numbers born in captivity in the centre up to sixteen: twelve of them have so far survived.

Spain has ditched plans to build a 300-km motorway across the country's sun-baked plains because it would have threatened the Iberian lynx, one of the world's most endangered animals.

It does not make sense to spend millions in a programme to raise lynxes in captivity... if a motorway then divides the most important lynx areas.

A environmental impact report on the project from the Environment Ministry has concluded it to be incompatible with the environment, and that it would cause ‘significant negative effects.’

Two Iberian Lynx cubs which were born on Friday at the El Acebuche Centre in the Doņana Nature Park have died after being abandoned by their mother.

Five Iberian Lynx have been born in captivity as part of the species regeneration program underway in the Doņana Nature Park over the past week.

A thousand rare black-mane lions -- an Ethiopian national symbol -- and some 300 elephants are in danger after a swathe of forest in their sanctuary was cut down

Female cheetahs are not only amongst the fastest animals on land - they live up to their name by being amongst the most unfaithful, according to new research.

Europe is now home to the world's most threatened cat species, the Iberian Lynx, and the world's most threatened seal, the Mediterranean Monk Seal, both classified as Critically Endangered.

Triplets born in captivity in Spain in a world first gave new hope for the survival of the Iberian lynx, only weeks after wildlife experts warned it could become the first large cat to be wiped out since prehistoric times. (30 March 2005)