Photo: County Executive Adam Bello/Seneca Park Zoo. WHECTV Created: April 18, 2021 10:10 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) The new snow leopard cub at the Seneca Park Zoo is making good progress, according to an update from County Executive Adam Bello on Sunday.
The male cub, whose birth was
announced on Saturday, is said to have been stabilized and even put on a few grams of weight , according to the tweet from Bello.
Our new snow leopard cub at the @SenecaParkZoo continues to make good progress. Dr. DiVincenti & his staff have stabilized the cub & he’s even put on a few grams of weight. Zoo staff will continue to monitor 24/7. pic.twitter.com/D6zpfoIEWm
A snow leopard born Friday at Seneca Park Zoo will be raised by zoo staff rather than by the cub’s mother, 4-year-old Timila, the zoo and Monroe County announced Saturday.
“Although Timila gave birth in her nest box and appeared to be caring for the cub in the morning, it became clear that animal care staff needed to intervene at the end of the day. When the cub was examined, he was hypothermic and dehydrated, so the difficult decision to hand raise him was made,” zoo director Steve Lacy said in a statement.
Dr. Louis DiVincenti, the zoo’s director of animal health, added, “Removing a cub from its mother is the last resort, but, after careful consideration of Timila’s behavior and the cub’s welfare, we decided it was the only choice.”
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