If you do not know what interesting to do this weekend to change the habitual course of life always going to the zoo, especially now that there appeared that the new view. A family of snow leopards at the Bronx zoo has welcomed a new cub, who settled together with his mom, a female K2 in the Himalayan Highlands area.
The snow leopards have a funny nickname — «cat Ghost«. The reason for its appearance is the grey color of their luxurious pelts, which helps the predators to fade into the background of rocks and snow. Ghost leopards are found in parts of Central Asia and China, Mongolia, Russia, India and Bhutan.
Our kitten snow leopard boasts a curious pedigree. Her grandfather, Leo, was an orphan rescued from Pakistan and brought to the Bronx in 2006. To make his journey possible, the Society of conservation of wild nature appealed to the US government, which, in turn, cooperated with Pakistani authorities. Leo and his descendants, including this baby can help to improve the health and genetics of the snow leopard population in zoos within the Association of zoos and aquariums in the United States.
The Bronx zoo is breeding snow leopards in the framework of the program of survival of the species. Officials say that over the years, specialists of over 70 kittens were born at the Bronx zoo, which can not but rejoice, because the abundance of snow Borzov remains extremely low. This species is included in the security documents of various countries, and the hunt for snow leopards (another name is spotted member of the family of koshachih) is prohibited.
