{"id":589,"date":"2017-05-16T13:27:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leopardsql.com\/?page_id=589"},"modified":"2025-07-31T17:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:43:16","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leopard.ch\/index.php\/en\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thanks to the enormous amount of knowledge that LEC has now gathered, the behaviour of the leopards and lions and their interactions with the local population can be well assessed. Combined with our educational projects, this results in a holistic approach to problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong>Long-term studies like ours can elucidate complex connections occurring in an ecosystem from all sides through long term data collection.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1852\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leopard.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/13_last-page-2-577x1024.jpg\" 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