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Your morning adorable: Amur leopard cub debuts in German zoo

The recent birth of an Amur leopard cub at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany, is all the reason we need to celebrate on a Monday morning. Amur leopards are critically endangered; it’s believed that there are fewer than 40…

8Dec2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Leopards expected at park in 2010

Two Amur leopards are expected to join Siberian tigers and the UK’s only polar bear at a wildlife park in the Highlands later next year.
The big cats’ move north from Edinburgh Zoo was expected this winter, or early spring, but two other major projects have pushed the date back.
The Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig has [...]

7Dec2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Grizzly exhibit helps Minnesota Zoo set attendance record

by Madeleine Baran, Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, Minn. — The Minnesota Zoo set an attendance record in the last fiscal year, fueled by the opening of the popular Russia’s Grizzly Coast exhibit and a nationwide increase in zoo attendance.
About 1.35 million guests visited the zoo from July 2008 to June 2009, a 16-percent increase over [...]

3Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Male leopard at Monroe County’s Seneca Park Zoo dies

By Linda Quinlan – MPN Now
Irondequoit, N.Y. —Monroe County’s Seneca Park Zoo announced the death of one of its two leopards Monday.
Dimitri, an 18-year-old male Amur leopard on exhibit since June 1, 2002, suffered from terminal kidney failure and was euthanized, zoo officials said.
Dimitri came to the zoo from the Pittsburgh Zoo and was one [...]

30Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Zoo euthanizes rare Amur leopard

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTLAND — Oregon Zoo veterinarians euthanized Fred, a rare, 17-year-old Amur leopard, who had an aggressive form of terminal cancer. Veterinarians and zookeepers were by his side when he died Tuesday.
“We had a lot of people involved in managing Fred’s care,” said Chris Pfefferkorn, general curator. “It became apparent that his quality of [...]

20Nov2008 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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