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A leopard cub is born in Patna zoo
by Ajay Kumar
Patna:
Sanjay Gandhi Zoological Garden in Patna is overjoyed
with the arrival of a new guest, a leopard cub, taking
the number of big cats in the zoo to six. Subhas Chandra,
Deputy Director of the zoological garden, said breeding
in captivity was very rare. "Leopard is a very rare species.
It is very hard to breed since the habit of cannibalism
prevails among them. Sometimes even mother leopard eats
her cub. A month ago the cat in the zoo delivered a cub.
Both mother and cub are doing fine," said Chandra. Tourists
to the zoo said they were delighted at the rare sight.
"We saw a leopard and her newly born cub, which otherwise
we can't see anywhere. I and my family are really delighted
after witnessing the newly born cub," said K.M. Singh,
a domestic tourist. Botanically known as 'felis bengalensis',
this wild cat is found in dense tropical forests of India.
India had about 7,300 leopards in the wild according to
a 1997 census, but conservationists say the number is
now likely to be much lower. Development pressures and
encroachment into forest areas have brought humans and
the wild cats in conflict, and media reports have shown
that villagers have been brutally killing the animals.
-Dec
30, 2008
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