From canada.com:
Two baby snow leopards, an endangered species, were born in a zoo southeast of Montreal, the zoo announced Wednesday.
A female leopard called Snowflake gave birth Friday, said Catherine Page of Granby Zoo, stressing the event was rare.
“In the last 12 months two were born in North America, three in Europe and three in Japan,” said Page. “It doesnt happen frequently.”
Snowflake gave birth to two cubs on Friday. The public may get a say in naming the cubs, a zoo official said.The birth came as a surprise to zoo officials who said Snowflakes recent attempts to mate had failed. The public may get a say in naming the cubs, Page said.
Snow leopards live in the hard-to-access mountains and high plateaus of Central Asia, according to the zoo. The highest concentrations can be found in China, Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan.
