Afternoons are spent on game drives and tracking hikes to see cheetahs, leopards and hyenas.
The last reported wild tiger sighting was in 2003, but leopards can still occasionally be seen.
There are also cheetahs hiding out in the short grass plains and leopards silently waiting in the treetops.
No wonder it is one of the few areas left in Nepal where snow leopards still roam undisturbed.
Until 2007, all clouded leopards living in Asia were thought to belong to a single species.
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The area is famous for the so-called Big Five: lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos and the Cape Buffalo.
By living and sleeping high off the ground, they avoid the clouded leopards and pythons down below.
Further north, in the trans-Himalayan region, locals continue to complain about snow leopards preying on their livestock.
Hua Hin no longer attracts hunters to "shoot leopards, deer, hares and doves, " as a 1920s guidebook put it.
Of the predators, there are small but growing populations of leopards and lions.
The project opened in 1993, and has housed numerous big cats, including Bengal tigers, Siberian lynx, jaguars and leopards.
"Leopards and elephants often wander into the plantation, " said senior manager Manas Bhattacharya.
In the Himalayas, the numbers of endangered species like snow leopards and red pandas have been growing as well.
Meanwhile, common leopards are increasingly attacking children and livestock in the hilly region.
"Infanticide has not been observed in the wild cheetahs, like it has been in lions and leopards, " said Ms Gotelli.
Mashaba has signed a two-year contract with Leopards, who are based at Thohoyandou in the extreme north of the country.
Animals such as giraffes and zebras roam the park outside the tent and campers can also see gorillas, leopards and elephants.
Many had customised cars - usually made in the US - for hunting tigers, leopards and Asiatic lions in India's forests.
Poaching of tigers and leopards is so widespread now and so organized.
Ms Jongbloed admits that the centre's first experience with leopards was frustrating.
Home to orangutans, pygmy elephants and clouded leopards, this northeast region in the state of Sabah is a hotspot for rare and endangered species.
But certainly leopards, it's the perfect place for them to be.
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It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with tender embraces.
Unconfirmed sightings of big cats, including Siberian tigers and leopards, have also been reported in the DMZ by soldiers, but were not seen by the camera crew.
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People and Wildlife Solutions (PAWS) is a volunteer programme that is part of Africat, a project that aims to provide a safe habitat for leopards and cheetahs.
At the time, it was also used as a habitat for a range of wildlife, including buffalo, zebra, gazelles and leopards, which frequently strayed onto the farmland from the neighbouring grasslands.
Cat Haven is a 100-acre wooded sanctuary that is home to "some of the rarest cats in the world, " including lions, tigers, jaguars and leopards, according to its website.
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