Flying to save the rarest big cat in the world
Airline Rossiya paints unique livery of an endangered Amur leopard on a Boeing 777-300.
The impressive muzzle of the big cat appears on the nose of the Boeing which will be used to fly to popular foreign holiday destinations as well as Russian cities. Picture: Rossiya Airlines
The initiative is to highlight the campaign to save the animal, of which only 80 or so currently exist in the wild. The impressive muzzle of the big cat appears on the nose of the Boeing which will be used to fly to popular foreign holiday destinations as well as Russian cities.
While the species is recovering - in recent years there were as few as 30 of the animals in the wild - the leopard's future is by no means guaranteed. New controls on hunting, and the setting up of the Land of the Leopard National Park, have aided the fight against extinction.
Staff have nicknamed the 777 Leoplane - in Russian 'Leolyot'. Pictureы: Rossiya Airlines
The leopard is more vulnerable than the endangered Amur or Siberian tiger which also faces a battle for survival. The project was implemented in cooperation with NGO 'Far Eastern Leopards'.
Staff have nicknamed the 777 Leoplane - in Russian 'Leolyot'.
The Leojet has been named Ussuriysk, a city in the Primorsky region of eastern Russia, close to the natural habitat of the leopard. Its maiden flight will be from Moscow to Vladivostok, Russia's Pacific capital.
Rossiya Airlines is a daughter company of national carrier Aeroflot.
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People: Do NOT visit BC in Canada until the fiinally put a complete stop to this cruelty except aboriginals who live off the land and use the animals for food. Stay away!
Not too soon, let this one fly for some months or a year, get the money ready for the next picture, these paintings are expensive and it will have to be a surprise like the leopard.
I think its funny Asian people eat animal parts that will cure them of give them powers... THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS MAGIC you fools... Save the tigers.