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Snow Leopard Suspected Pregnant at Miller Park Zoo

Snow Leopards have been moved off of the endangered species list and are labeled now as 'vulnerable.'
 
The Director of the Miller Park Zoo, Jay Tetzloff, who runs the snow leopard breeding program in North America, and hundreds of non-profits believe that snow leopards should still be on the endangered species list.
 

 

 
Tetzloff adds that in the past three years, two litters have been born at the zoo to mother Hima resulting in five cubs and they suspect that the she might be pregnant again and are looking forward to Hima raising the cubs.
 

 

 
Hima did not take care of her first litter and so adjustments were made so that she would feel comfortable being isolated. Female snow leopards give birth by themselves in the wild and are isolated in captivity to protect the new born cubs from male snow leopards.
 

 

 
Two North American river otter pups were also born this season at the zoo.
 
To learn more about the Miller Park Zoo, visit their website www.bloomingtonparks.org/facilities/miller-park-zoo.

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