Listed as critically endangered since 1996, the Amur leopard is regarded as the rarest big cat in the world, with a wild population of less than 120 individuals isolated in a small region in the far east of Russia and north-eastern China. Their habitat is constantly under threat from unsustainable logging, forest fires and farming and at one stage in the 20th century the population fell as low as 20-30 animals. The creation of the Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia in 2012 and increased anti-poaching initiatives have helped to bring the Amur leopard back from the brink of extinction.