Rare leopard cubs born in Kent, England.  Not the usual fare for a political blog site I guess but

 

1. Love this news.  Here at the St. Louis Zoo, of which I am a Friend, an amur leopard was born ths past May.  Her name is Sofiya and she had to be hand-reared as her mother failed proper maternal care.  She was raised in the Childrn’s Zoo but recently graduated to life in the Big Cat Country area.  The previous month, the Zoo had 5 Amur tiger cubs born.  They recently entered Big Cat Country after being raised by their mother in the “maternity den”.
   I am an avid zoo-goer and am always thrilled about stories of the endangered animals survival, even if in captivity.

   Posted by Pixie       12/05/2008  at  10:50 AM  



2. Hi Pixie,

   Well I’m happy there are two of us that enjoy this subject.

   I was really taken with the story especially as they are so rare.
   http://www.goodzoos.com/UK%20Zoos/marwell.htm

   http://www.marwell.org.uk/marwell/behind_the_scenes/animal_care.asp?css=1

   This place is only about 7 miles from our house, and yet it’s been more then 20 years since my last visit there.  By the look of these links, the place has grown quite a bit since my day.

   Posted by peiper       12/07/2008  at  07:52 AM  



3. There is a video clip from Meridian news (ITV South East) on the cubs.

   http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BpT4BZ3-wNQ

   And BBC have picked up on the story as well

   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7766731.stm

   Posted by KJG       12/07/2008  at  02:49 PM  



4. KJG ...

   Hey ... Thank you. Much appreciated.  Have watched and shared the link.
   I really like this sort of thing.

   Posted by peiper       12/08/2008  at  03:47 AM  

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