‘Leopards have lost three-quarters of their territory’

Leopards have lost up to three-quarters of the territory over which they once roamed, a study has shown.

The big cats historically occupied vast areas amounting to roughly 13.5m sq miles (35m sq km) including large parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Today, they are restricted to just 3.3m sq miles, according to the new findings.