When man is a beast more then a real beast

The beautiful animal you see here is an Amur leopard, a breed of leopard whose numbers have declined so much, it's almost extinct.

Another one was killed recently by hunters, bringing the species closer to being totally wiped out:

Hunters in Russia's Far East have shot and killed one of the last seven surviving female Amur leopards living in the wild, WWF said on Monday, driving the species even closer to extinction.

Last week environmentalists said there were only between 25 and 34 Amur leopards -- described as one of the most graceful cats in the world -- still living in the wild.

At least 100 are needed to guarantee the species' survival which depends upon female leopards breeding. There are more male leopards in the wild than female because cats tend to breed males when under stress, WWF said.

Totally shameless on the part of the hunters since this species is not known to attack humans.