Snow Leopards make debut at New York Zoo

Just found a story from www.ny1.com about the introduction of three snow leopards to the Central Park Zoo in New York.

Snow Leopards are an endangered species and are native to central asia.

According to zoo officials, they hope that the female of the three snow leopards will produce a litter soon to bolster the number of snow leopards in the world.

Top 5 Facts about the Snow Leopard

1. Despite being called a leopard, it’s actually more closely related to the tiger.

2. It is estimated that despite Native to a significant part of Central Asia, there are only approximately 5,000 snow leopards left in the wild.

3. Snow Leopards will feed on anything including carrion.

4. Snow Leopards live for between 15 and 18 years.

5. It can’t roar.

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