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Artificial insemination raises hopes for world's rarest big cat

Veterinarians prepare Barouto, a 14-year-old Amur leopard, for a semen sample as part of an artificial insemination procedure, at the Mulhouse Zoological and Botanical Park, on October 9, 2025. [AFP]

The world-first insemination of an Amur leopard in France has lifted hopes of animal lovers for the survival of the Earth's rarest big cat.

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