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| Kuzminych, I. | |
| The snow leopard at the Moscow zoo | |
| 1990 Book Chapter | |
The first attempts at breeding the snow leopard, Panthera uncia, in the Moscow Zoo met with failure for a long time. The zoo began to keep snow leopards on a permanent basis from 1939, although they appeared at exhibitions from time to time as far back as 1872. The animals that arrived in 1940, 1941, 1944 and 1958 soon perished. Beginning in 1970, 57 snow leopards have been kept at the Moscow Zoo up to the present date. Of these animals, 33 (20,13) were born at the zoo, beginning in 1977, 10 were born in other zoos and 14 were wild caught in their native habitat in the territory of the Kirghisian Soviet Socialistic Republic. This yields the ratio of 75.4% being born in captivity to 24.6% being wild caught. It is noteworthy that the success of the breeding was largely determined by the appropriate selection of pairs. Other important factors were the existence of isolated breeding areas with shelters, complete piece and quiet in the time of delivery and nursing of the cubs, a varied diet, contigious observation of the animals and study of the data obtained. |
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