Its a girl! Endangered snow leopard born at Omaha zoo

[Omaha Steve]

By Chris Peters / World-Herald staff writer Aug 12, 2017 Updated 6 hrs ago

A snow leopard has been born at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium for the first time since 2006.

It’s a baby girl. Born on June 5, she went on display for the first time Friday. The cub will be named at the zoo’s Zoofari fundraiser in September.

The cub’s mother is Rosemary, a 3-year-old who came to Omaha from Idaho Falls Zoo in 2015. Her father, 8-year-old Pasha, came to Omaha from Toronto Zoo in 2012.

The newborn and her parents are the zoo’s only snow leopards.

FULL story, video, more photos: http://www.omaha.com/living/zoo/it-s-a-girl-endangered-snow-leopard-born-at-omaha/article_73dfc410-7e02-11e7-ae32-3ff1e1b731d9.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Aww! What a cutie!

And the zoo has another endangered species as well: A three-handed zookeeper.

[SamKnause]

3. ....

Good one.

[COLGATE4]

4. Actually, he used to have four hands.

A snow leopard got one of them a couple of years ago when he picked up its newborn cub.

[malaise]

2. Gorgeous

Thanks

[JayhawkSD]

5. The link crashed my computer.

Don't know if it was unique to me or not. But thought I'd pass it on. The page loaded and then my computer shut down and rebooted.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. It worked fine for me.

[Omaha Steve]

8. You might try it from the front page and then clicking the story

Front page: http://www.omaha.com/

[crazycatlady]

7. Squee

[suffragette]

9. Aah! Here's video of another one that was born in Seattle in July.

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