VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Russian conservation experts say they've launched an investigation into the death of a rare Amur leopard, one of only an estimated 40 left in the wild.
Poaching is believed to be the most likely cause of the leopard's death, although a team of conservationists will look at other possible causes such as starvation and a fatal fight with another predator, a spokesman for the Russian Academy of Sciences' wildlife study project told RIA Novosti Thursday.