Here you can find useful materials on awareness-raising about Persian leopards.

International, regional and transboundary

Lukarevsky V. 2006. The spotted hostage. Panda Times May 2006, 8-9 (in Russian, download here)

Schumacher W. 14 Mar 2019. Seltene Kerle. Suddeutsche Zeitung 62 (in German, download here)

Zazanashvili N. et al. 2020. Leopard in the South Caucasus. Conservation summary since 2000. Tbilisi, WWF Caucasus Programme Office (download here)

Afghanistan

Hance J. 2011. Photos: biologists surprised by world's biggest leopard in Afghanistan. 5 December 2011. mongabay.com (download here, link here)

Armenia

One male and two females of Caucasian leopard live in southern Armenia. 2014. Caucasus Ecoregion Newsletter Special Issue (download here)

Philippi M. 2020. Mit wilden Tieren leben lernen. Naturschutz heute, 22-24 (in German, download here)

The Caucasian leopard in Armenia. A brochure. Yerevan, WWF Armenia (download here, link here)

Zatikyan M. 18 Aug 2005. On tracks of a Persian beauty. "Golos Armenii" newspaper 85, 5 (in Russian, download here)

Azerbaijan

Leopard boooom in Azerbaijan. 2014. Caucasus Ecoregion Newsletter Special Issue (download here)

Thompson A. 2013. Campaign to save the Caucasus leopard. Visions of Azerbaijan May-Jun 2013, 36-47 (download here)

Iran

Anonymous. 2016. Maßnahmen gegen Wilderei. Göttinger Tageblatt 13 Oct 2016 (in German, download here)

Farhadinia M.S. et al. 2011. Conservation education to save the endangered Persian leopard in Iran. Report submitted to People’s Trust for Endangered Species, UK (download here)

Farnaz H. 2017. Trained shepherds, dogs minimize human-carnivore conflicts. Tehran Times 11 Sep 2017, 12 (download here)

Farnaz H. 2017. Digging deep into human-carnivore conflicts in Iran. Tehran Times 20 Aug 2017, 1, 12, 13 (download here)

Ghoddousi A. et al. 2008. Persian leopard project in Iran. Wildlife Middle East 3, 4 (download here)

Persian Leopard Newsletter. Apr 2010. No. 1 (download here)

Persian Leopard Newsletter. Jun 2010. No. 2 (download here)

Persian Leopard Newsletter. Aug 2010. No. 3 (download here)

Persian Leopard Newsletter. Sep-Oct 2010. No. 4 (download here)

Persian Leopard Newsletter. Nov-Dec 2010. No. 5 (download here)

Persian Leopard Newsletter. May 2011. No. 6 (download here)

Persian Leopard Newsletter. Spring 2014. No. 7 (download here)

Persian Leopard Newsletter. Summer/Autumn 2014. No. 8 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Spring 2011. Vol. 1, issue 1 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Autumn 2011. Vol. 1, issue 2 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Winter 2012. Vol. 1, issue 3 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Spring/Summer 2012. Vol. 2, issue 4 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Autumn 2012. Vol. 2, issue 5 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Winter 2013. Vol. 2, issue 6 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Spring/Summer 2013. Vol. 3, issue 7 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Autumn 2013/Winter 2014. Vol. 3, issue 8 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Spring/Summer 2014. Vol. 4, issue 9 (download here)

Persian Wildlife Newsletter. Summer 2015. Vol. 5, issue 10 (download here)

Kazakhstan

The cats of the deserts of Kazakhstan. 2024. Astana (in Russian, download here)

The cats of the deserts of Kazakhstan. 2024. Astana (in Kazakh, download here)

Russia

A scientific group working on the leopard rehabilitation project in the Caucasus presents several lectures "Real stories about wild predators". 21 Feb 2024. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

An activist from North Ossetia involved in recovery of leopard population. 29 Jul 2019. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Anatoly Bibilov took part in ceremony of laying the Caucasian leopard's bronze footprint. 1 Sep 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Another renewed tram presented in Vladikavkaz. 12 Apr 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Bronze leopard footprint appeared in center of South Ossetian capital. 1 Sep 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Bronze leopard footprints set up in North Ossetia after predator release. 27 Jul 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Bronze leopard footprints will appear in Vladikavkaz. 1 Jun 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Caucasian branch of World Wide Fund for Nature published a guideline on rules of human behavior during leopard encounters. 11 Dec 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Caucasian leopard from Ossetia depicted on bank cards of Sberbank. 27 Dec 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Caucasian Reserve opens a new ecotourism route. All visitors to Guzeripl site may walk through the Leopard Trail. 22 Jul 2019. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Caucasus Nature Center will tell Muscovites about rehabilitation of Persian leopards. 5 Jul 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Film about return of Persian (Caucasian) leopard to Ossetia. 1 Aug 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Information about awareness-raising among different groups in North Ossetia about leopard rehabilitation in republic. 27 Feb 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

In the world of rare animals of Daghestan. 2013. Prodzhi Magazine 36, 174-175 (in Russian, download here)

Krasnodar has a Persian leopard tram. 15 Aug 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Lecture "The Persian leopard rehabilitation program in the Caucasus" by Anna Yachmennikova. 27 Apr 2022. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Legendary leopard returned to Ossetian homeland. 31 Aug 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here) 

Leopard-colored tram put on tracks in Vladikavkaz. 13 Apr 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here) 

Leopard footprints cast in bronze in Vladikavkaz. 1 Jun 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Leopard rehabilitation center in the Caucasus opened plans to the public: readiness to dialogue and transparency in operations as principles of the entity's work. 18 Mar 2019. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Leopard talks and campfire songs: an art residence opened in Caucasian Reserve. 16 Jul 2020. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Leopard Trail volunteer camp opened near Sochi. 18 Jul 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Leopards received greeting cards. 14 Feb 2020. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Leopards Zadig and Andrea arrived from Portugal to Russia. 2012. Caucasus Ecoregion Newsletter 4 (download here)

Opening of bronze leopard footprint in center of South Ossetia's capital. 5 Sep 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Personnel of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution told on Russia-1 TV about the Persian leopard rehabilitation program. 3 Oct 2023. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Project "Persian leopard rehabilitation (reintroduction) in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania" received V.I. Vernadsky national ecological award. 19 Dec 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Project #Returnoftheleopard becomes the finalist of Crystal Compass National Award in category "Awareness". 31 May 2021. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here) 

Republican schoolchildren will participate in contest "Caucasian leopards come home". 30 Mar 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Sculpture "Return of leopards" opened in Vladikavkaz. 1 Jun 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

The cubs to start a new population of the leopard in Russia. 2014. Caucasus Ecoregion Newsletter Special Issue (download here)

"The leopard was three meters away from me". 22 Jan 2021. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Traveller Zaur Guriev passed first 2000 km. 19 Dec 2017. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)

Yarovenko Y. 2009. The Caucasian leopard in Daghestan: myth or reality? Prodzhi Magazine 14 (in Russian, download here)

Zaur Guriev, a traveller from Ossetia, walked almost 2000 km. 26 Feb 2018. News of A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (in Russian, link here)