World's fluffiest, shyest, most expressive (and worryingly endangered) cat appears in wild photo-shoot.

Amur leopards are the most endangered cat on the planet, but this shot is seen as 'the best ever taken' of the species by a photo trap.

Fears for three year old 'secretive' Amur leopardess named after Olympic giant Jean-Claude Killy.

Baywatch star on trip to Russian Far East visits lion saved from flooded zoo in Ussuriysk.

Environmentalists rescued the male cub after its mother apparently died in unexplained circumstances.

When this failed, Vitaly Saidov grabbed his gun and shot dead the predator to save himself and his family.

Almost poached to extinction, these pictures highlight the way the endangered species is recovering thanks to Russian preservation measures.