Zanzibar Leopard
Even with camera traps and resources aplenty, researchers can have a tough time finding animals that don’t want to be found. Take the Zanzibar leopard. This cat was thought gone for 30 years due to poaching, until a camera crew caught what appeared to be one moving through the island’s brush.
You can immediately see in this video the impact the find has on the searchers; to look for something thought long gone seems a fool’s errand, until that hope is rewarded. In black-and-white footage, the languid stride of a spotted feline is clearly visible. This potential rediscovery has yet to be confirmed, and the team now is trying to get DNA evidence.
