A Tragic End

The research team of Siew Te Wong, a University of Montana PhD candidate studying sun bears in Sabah, Borneo, found the body of this large, male clouded leopard last November. The cat had been shot, but because the body had not been taken it does not appear to have been directly targeted for the wildlife trade. This same cat had been frequently photographed by camera traps used in a carnivore survey. Here he is in better times: