On June 7, Snow Leopards Dinah and Valo became the parents
of three cubs at Germany’s Zoo Magdeburg.
Photo Credit: Zoo Magdeburg
The cubs – two females and one male – made their public
debut on July 15. More than 15,000
people voted on the zoo’s website to name the cubs! The females are named Aruna and Nela, while
the male is named Otto III, after his two older male siblings.
Zoo
Magdeburg partners with the Snow Leopard Trust to protect wild
Snow Leopards in northern India’s Spiti Valley. Snow Leopards are Endangered in their native Asian mountain
habitat. Fewer than 7,500 of these rare
and elusive cats are estimated to live in the wild, where they face intense
pressure from illegal hunting and habitat loss.