Rare leopard cubs

The Associated Press Published 2:35 PM EDT Aug 14, 2019 Syracuse, N.Y. – Visitors may now get a look at two rare leopard cubs at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York. Onondaga (ah-nahn-DAH’-gah) County Executive Ryan McMahon announced that the little Amur (ah-MOOR’) leopards made their public debut Wednesday. The male and female cubs gradually ventured out from private quarters into their exhibit. It’s a temporary one while the zoo works toward a new, more complex $400,000 outdoor space for the leopard family. The cubs were born June 19 to parents Tria and Rafferty. The cubs don’t yet have names. The zoo plans a vote soon. Amur leopards are considered critically endangered. They are found in far eastern Russia, where an estimated 84 remain in the wild, up from about 30 in 2012. About 250 Amur leopards live under human care. … [Read more...] about Rare Amur leopard cubs go on view at NY zoo; no names yet

News / UK and world by Press Association January 4, 2019, 2:45 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter Scientists working to halt the illegal trade of elephant ivory were surprised to come across DNA from the 10,000-year-old woolly mammoth. The extinct creature’s DNA was discovered in trinkets from Cambodia in Southeast Asia. The find was made by a team at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), who have been pioneering the use of genetic data to determine the origin of ivory and help tackle the criminal trade. Dr Alex Ball, from RZSS’s WildGenes Programme, said: “It was a surprise for us to find trinkets made from woolly mammoth ivory in circulation, especially so early into our testing and in a tropical country like Cambodia. “It is very hard to say what the implications of this finding are for existing elephant populations, however we plan to continue our research and will … [Read more...] about Elephant ivory reveals DNA of extinct woolly mammoth