Animal, which was caught in a trap and had leg amputated, cannot return to wild, but region lacks resources to rehabilitate it

A rare Persian leopard being temporarily held in an Iraqi zoo faces an uncertain future, wildlife specialists fear.

Six weeks ago the male leopard was caught in a trap set by a villager who had recently lost dozens of goats in the mountainous Batifa area of northern Duhok province, in the autonomous Kurdistan region, and had to have its right hind leg amputated.

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