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Vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) named ‘Usi’ from the Omaha Zoo.

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A federally endangered jaguar, Panthera onca, at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at Arabia’s Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at Arabia’s Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at Arabia’s Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at Arabia’s Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

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An Arabian cobra (Naja arabica) at Arabia’s Wildlife Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. This individual is from Saudi Arabia.

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A giant banded flat rock scorpion (Hadogenes bicolor) at Reptile Gardens.

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A variable hawk (Buteo polyosoma fjeldsai) at Parque Zoológico Huachipa in Lima, Peru.

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A variable hawk (Buteo polyosoma fjeldsai) at Parque Zoológico Huachipa in Lima, Peru.

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A variable hawk (Buteo polyosoma fjeldsai) at Parque Zoológico Huachipa in Lima, Peru.

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A vermiculated eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens) named Muggy at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England.

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A Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A vermiculated eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens) named Muggy at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England.

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A vermiculated eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens) named Muggy at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England.

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A vermiculated eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens) named Muggy at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England.

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A black goshawk (Accipiter melanoleucus melanoleucus) at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England.

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A black goshawk (Accipiter melanoleucus melanoleucus) at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England.

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A 10-year-old South African peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus minor) named Fortina at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England.

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A 10-year-old South African peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus minor) named Fortina at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England.

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A Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres) at The International Centre for Birds of Prey in England. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A red kite (Milvus milvus milvus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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A red kite (Milvus milvus milvus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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A pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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A red kite (Milvus milvus milvus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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A red kite (Milvus milvus milvus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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The feet and talons of a pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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A red kite (Milvus milvus milvus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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A pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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A red kite (Milvus milvus milvus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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A pale chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) at North Somerset Bird of Prey Centre in England.

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A male guiña (Leopardus guigna guigna) from Fauna Andina in central-south, Chile.

He has only three legs, having lost one in a trapper’s snare. He was brought here to be taken care of by the Chilean Wildlife Authority.

Despite the loss of his front leg, he moves around well and has a good life here at Fauna Andina, a wildlife conservation and research center in Chile. Their goal is to protect wildlife through study and, captive breeding and release back into the wild.

The guiña has the smallest distribution of any wild cat on the planet. This makes it very susceptible to being endangered.

The Fauna Andina conservation center near is the only known center that’s ever bred this species in captivity.

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A Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata fasciata) at Sia, the Comanche Nation Ethno-Ornithological Initiative. This bird’s lineage comes from northern Europe and northern Africa.

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A critically endangered and federally endangered, female South China tiger, Panthera tigris amoyensis, at the Suzhou Zoo in China. This is a species that may be gone from the wild now, and as of 2015, there are only 100 in captivity.

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