Threats To Leopards. While leopards are versatile and live in habitats ranging from deserts to rain forests, their populations are declining and becoming fragmented. They have vanished from about 50% of their historic range in Asia and Africa. Leopards face several threats. read more
Leopards have disappeared from 40% of its territories in Africa and 50% in Asia. In six countries leopards have lost their battle altogether, and in Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuwait, Syria, Libya and Tunisia, the leopard is extinct. Threats to leopards vary. Habitat loss through logging is a major problem in the Indo-Malaya area. read more
As snow leopards get to higher elevations, the vegetation becomes more scarce, which means that the herbivores that they prey on are in limited supply as well, and the leopards are having trouble finding enough food. read more