that's why biologist and her colleague koresh other routes like to get an early start. they're looking for traces of the biggest predator here and that's considered the spirit of. the liberated the flagship species so it's very important it's on top predator so it's on top of the food chain. the fashion that is virtually invisible. people who live in the mountains of kind of off the leopard but very few have ever seen it. even hunted working and doing research here for years now has never encountered that in the wild. that's why they use camera traps. so this the wild growth. and we get a lot of pictures of them on our camera tribes which is a good. indicator of their prey and a bit of an apology for the perch on the upper end this is one of the reasons why we can't approach in my production way. so this leopard is their 1st photographic record of the persian leopard for iraq that we had. and this through this we dissed rediscover the persian leopard in 2011. this one is a new individual that we discovered in. in 2017 and this way we know for sure that we have 3 adult l

that's why biologist hana raza and her colleague koresh ararat like to get an early start.hey're looking for traces of the biggest predator here, a leopard that's considered the top of the food chain. reporter: the persian leopard is virtually invisible. people who live here in the mountains of qara dagh know of the leopard, but very few have ever seen it. even hana raza, who's been working and doing research here for years now, has never encountered a leopard in the wild. that's why they use camera traps. hana: so, this is the wild goat. we get a lot of pictures of them on our camera traps, which is a good indicator of the prey available for the persian leopard. this is one of the r reasons wy different mammal species, and also a lot of birds. we have the wild goat, we have the greyey wolf, jackal, fox,, wildcats, the asasiatic wildcats well. rereporter: the leopards have o compete with wolves for their prey, and occasionally other leopards. but persian leopards have become very rare in these mountains. hana: so this leopard is the the persian leopard in 2011. thisis one i