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birth within 24 hours to a clouded leopard cub, followed by a Przewalski’s horse foal and a red panda cub.
“It was a big coincidence that we had all three of these animals here at the same time," said Ken Lang, mammal unit supervisor at the center. “It’s been busy "
All three of the endangered species are long-term projects at the Front Royal center, although none of the animals will be on display there.
Jao Chu, a 3-year-old endangered clouded leopard, gave birth to a female cub at 5:30 p m. Staff had been on a pregnancy watch for several days.
The mother and cub are a part of the Thailand Clouded Leopard Consortium, a collaborative conservation program with the Thailand Zoological Park Organization. The new genetically valuable female cub will increase the gene diversity of the North American Clouded Leopard Species Survival Plan
According to theriogenologist Dr. JoGayle Howard, with the zoo’s Department of Reproductive Sciences, the conservation and research center’s work with the species has been a huge success.
“We are kind of the champions of clouded leopards," she said “It’s hard to breed them, so we did research in Thailand trying to solve male aggression problems and cannibalism in females."
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