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Pumas are classed a ‘Near Threatened’ by the IUCN. The total breeding population of pumas is less than 50,000 individuals and continues to decline

As with all my paintings, the first stage is to draw the subjects without any fine detail. Then, I add a fine acrylic wash. The next stage involves deciding on the background: should it be simple and blurred, or detailed? Choosing the Right Background For stage three, I opted for a savannah-type landscape. I focused on the detailed wrinkles of the elephant’s skin. The final stage was to complete the details in the background and lighten the sky. African Elephant and Calf Fact

Gorillas are our closest living relatives after chimpanzees. The Mountain Gorilla is a subspecies of the eastern gorilla. It has longer hair, jaws and teeth, but slightly shorter arms, than the other subspecies of the Eastern Lowland Gorilla. Adult males grow a patch of silver hair on their back and hips, giving them the name 'silverback'. They can also develop a dark ginger crop on their forehead. There are approximately only 1004 Mountain Gorillas left in the wild On averag