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One of a litter of 2 snow leopard cubs born to Himani (Mom) and Vijay (Dad) on 4/20/13 at the Cape May County Zoo in Cape May Court House, New Jersey. The male cub named Tushar moved to the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park in Binghamton, New York on 4/16/14. The female cub named Ramani moved to the Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot, North Dakota on 5/14/14.
Much better viewed LARGE
This is the first time I've been able to get good close ups of the female Amur Leopard. She usually hides behind rocks or underbrush, but it was feeding time and she was waiting for her dinner.
Taken through plexiglass.
This is Katia. Philly Zoo's male Amur Leopard, Krepke, can be seen here:
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Amurs are the rarest big cat.
We spotted this leopard our first morning in Kenya. She had just finished eating and was with her kill about half way up an umbrella tree.
Snow Leopards are very endangered - native to Central and South Asia, there are less than 7000 left in the world, and fewer than 2500 of them will ever reproduce.......we have three at our Tauthaus Park Zoo (Mom and two young) in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where they have been successful at raising these healthy and very lively young cats. This one is very active when playing with its sibling, and they gave me some great shots this Summer watching them frolic just at dinnertime. What could possibly be any more beautiful than these gorgeous creatures? It is so sad that they may be gone from this earth in my lifetime.
Of all the 'big' cats the Leopard is the most adaptable; it can survive in semi-arid areas, in rocky uplands and grasslands as well as forests. It is able to feed on a wide variety of prey species up to the size of antelopes.
At Thrigby Hall in Norfolk they breed the rarest sub-species, the Amur Leopard from the Amur-Ussuri region linking Russia, China and Korea. There may be fewer than thirty left in the wild. These animals are a part of an international breeding programme.