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Eurasian Lynx

Photographer: Vladimír Čech Jr.

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This transfixing picture shows a pair of Bengal tigers - an endangered species - in Ranthambore National Park, a wildlife reserve in northern India. It's the work of photographer Vladimir Cech Jr, who says: 'Once, tigers ruled over a significant area of our planet but right now they occupy only seven per cent of their historic range. The main factors contributing to the decline of tiger populations [are] habitat loss and fragmentation, lack of corridors, territorial fighting, inbreeding and poaching.' He continues: 'Humans are the direct or indirect cause of around 80 per cent of the mortalities of tigers. Tigers are usually poached for their fur and body parts. These are widely used as traditional medicine, despite the fact that any part of a tiger's body has no medicinal value at all'

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European Wildcat

Photographer: Vladimír Čech Jr.

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Snow Leopard in camera trap.

Photographer: Vladimír Čech Jr.

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A wild cat in the Hradiště military district, Doupovské hory.

Photo: Vladimír Čech Jr.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY by Wild Planet Photography Via Flickr: European Wildcat, Doupov Mountains, Czech Republic by Vladimir Cech Jr Share YOUR pictures with 150,000 members and followers: wildplanet.photo/ps #wildlife #wildplanet