Resources
Web Sites
Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society's Leopard Project
http://www.slwcs.org/
Updates on the Sri Lankan leopard's status as well as information about poaching.
Leopard
http://lynx.uio.no/catfolk/sp-accts.htm
Biology, habits, and more from the Cat Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union.
Leopards and other big cats
http://www.jetwingeco.com/web_pages/
education/lecture_series_mod4.html
A briefing from two leopard biologists working in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/
factbook/geos/ce.html
A country description from the CIA.
Bird photos from Yala National Park
http://www.pbase.com/dbehrens/yala_ii
Photos by David Behrens.
Sri Lankan leopards
http://www.iucn.org/places/srilanka/TigerArch.htm
Information, including a photo of a leopard in Yala park, from the IUCN.
Gordon Buchanan
http://www.mikebirkhead.com/people_buchanan.html
A brief bio of the LEOPARDS OF YALA wildlife photographer.
Books
Campbell, Verity, et al. LONELY PLANET SRI LANKA. London: Lonely Planet, 2001.
Gurung, K. K. Field GUIDE TO THE MAMMALS OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: WHERE TO WATCH MAMMALS IN INDIA, NEPAL, BHUTAN, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA AND PAKISTAN. New York: Academic Press, 1998.
Harrison, John. A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF SRI LANKA. London: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Middleton, Don. LEOPARDS. New York: Powerkids Press, 1999.
New Holland Ltd. GLOBETROTTER SRI LANKA: TRAVEL MAP. London: New Holland, 2000.
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