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Wildlife officials said Wednesday the big cats are beginning to prey on ranchers' cattle and homeowners' pets and backyard livestock such as goats.

A healthy population of snow leopards, elusive big cats threatened across the mountain ranges of Central Asia, has been found in one of the few peaceful areas of Afghanistan, a wildlife group said.

A wildlife group says a healthy population of snow leopards, elusive big cats threatened across their mountainous ranges in Asia, has been found in one of the few peaceful areas of Afghanistan.

The last of Bolivia's rescued circus lions - 12 females and five males - are now in the hands of animal rights activists, who say the big cats will be sent to wildlife refuges in the United States.

Global wildlife experts and officials from 13 countries opened a "tiger summit" on Sunday to discuss how to save the big cats whose numbers have shrunk so sharply they could become extinct if quick measures are not taken.

In this March 23, 2000 file photo, an Indian tiger looks on from a camouflaged cover of strawgrass in Ranthambhore National Park near Rajasthan, India.

Conservationists must protect tiger populations in a few concentrated breeding grounds in Asia instead of trying to safeguard vast, surrounding landscapes, if they want to save the big cats from extinction, scientists said.

Conservationists must protect tiger populations in a few concentrated breeding grounds in Asia instead of trying to safeguard vast, surrounding landscapes, if they want to save the big cats from extinction, scientists said.

Efforts to save the wild tiger are at a critical point and it will take greater political will and cooperation from Asian countries to prevent the big cats from becoming extinct, conservationists and the World Bank warned Wednesday.

Federal officials plan to set aside critical habitat for the elusive endangered jaguar.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it will review which lands the big cats need to survive in an item published in the Federal Register on Tuesday.