The above image was captured in Lahad Datu on Thursday (6th May 2010).
The Leopard Cat is a very shy animal and human encounters with it in the wild are quite rare. This is not the first time a leopard cat ended up as roadkill.
The leopard cat in the picture above disappeared soon after the photographer returned to the scene to take another picture.
The increasing number of leopard cats dying on our roads show that their habitat is rapidly decreasing, mostly as a result of land clearing for oil palm plantations.
For more information on the clouded leopard please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_Cat
Editor's Note:This article had originally named the above animal as a Clouded Leopard, but after verifying with staff of the Wildlife Department and wildlife tour operators, it was confirmed that the animal was actually a leopard cat. Error is regretted
1 comment:
Depends on some of the high authorities... even some high post from the so called "Friends of Natural" organisation allows the distroyed of some Mangroove preserved lands for housing purposes and later justified it for the reason of collecting funds to preserving other "more important" mangrooves. Will this claim justified ??
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