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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Leopards Subdued by "Mooing" Cell Phones


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A leopard strolls past a camera trap in Africa's Gabon Republic. The wide-ranging cats are found in India, Africa, China, Siberia, and Korea, and are increasingly coming into conflict with humans as their habitat dwindles.

Now a program in western India is using animal ringtones on cell phones to lure the big cats away from human settlements.

Photograph by Michael Nichols/NGS