More than 100 camera traps have been laid in Dilek Peninsula National Park close to Didim in an attempt to spot the rare Anatolian Leopard.

While efforts are underway by the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks (DKMP) to track down the Anatolian leopard, which is about to become extinct in Turkey, it was stated that the penalty for killing the Anatolian leopard is 1 million TL.

Despite being the top predator of wildlife in our country, the Anatolian leopard, whose existence has been suspected for nearly half a century, has been sought.

Camera traps are now being actively monitored to see whether the Leopard remains in one of its last remaining heartlands.

An embalming of a leopard was found by chance in Germencik in December 2010, and it was cleaned with the contributions of the Deputy Environment and Forestry Aydın Provincial Director Süleyman Gündeay at that time, and the Visitor Information Center located in the Old Doğanbey Village.

However, according to the Kuşadası Eco System Conservation and Nature Lovers Association (EKODOSD), there has been no recorded trace of such a leopard in Aydın province since at least 1962.