First for Tyne Tees region as Northumberland Zoo welcomes snow leopards to collection

Northumberland Zoo plans to close for a week following their arrival to allow the young cats to settle and acclimatise to their new surroundings Credit: RZSS Highlands Wildlife Park

This November, Northumberland Country Zoo is set to welcome two of the world’s most enigmatic and beautiful big cats to its collection.

The zoo has taken into its care two female snow leopard cubs, re-homing them in a spacious, new purpose-built enclosure where they’ll roam and be looked after by a team of specially trained keepers.

The zoo near Felton will be the first and only place in the north east to boast snow leopards as part of its collection.

The cubs, travelling from Scotland’s RZSS Highlands Wildlife Park, will arrive at the beginning of November.

Snow leopards are renowned for being highly elusive in the wild Credit: RZSS Highlands Wildlife Park

Northumberland Zoo plans to close for a week following their arrival to allow the young cats to settle and acclimatise to their new surroundings before holding an exclusive, snow leopard-themed public reopening ceremony on the weekend of the 7th and 8th of November.

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